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| Indian paintings form a worthy chapter in the history of world art. A comprehensive study of its various phases and schools is still needed, and, more so, its adequate presentation.
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| Various Schools Of Indian Art: |
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| THE MUGHAL SCHOOL |
The Mughul School, as fostered under the three emperors, Akbar (1556-1605), Jahangir (1605-1627) and Shahlahan (1627/1658), reveals a classical greatness distinctive inspiration and rich style, towards the excellence of which both Indian and Persian elements richly contributed. For portraiture, fine workmanship and colour-schemes, its place is indisputably high.
Mughul art specializes in court and palace scenes and is rich in portraiture. Besides the monumental manuscripts of Indian and Persian classics and historical chronicles, special albums of the notable men and women of the time were ordered, and the emperors seem to have taken personal interest in the work. |
| On the whole, the art of the Mughuls was aristocratic, marked by realism and careful draftsmanship, experimenting in rich colour schemes and varied expressions. In spite of some foreign elements, it was a national style distinct from style of any other country. |
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| THE HIMACHAL SCHOOL |
The Himachala or Pahari School was produced in the beehive of the sub-Himalayan States of J_mmu, Basohli, Chamba, Nurpur, GuIer, Kangra, Kulu, Mandi, Bilaspur, Suket and, last of all, Garhwal. The school in its early stages owed much to Rajasthani inspiration as seen specially in the brilliant colours of the Basohli paintings of the seventeenth century.
The subjects of the Pahari paintings include different types of heroes and .heroines (nayaka-nayika-bheda), Krishna's life as related in Bhagavata, stories from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, especially those of Nala-Damayanti, SavitriSatyavan, Usha-charita & Parijata-harana, as also folk - ballads like the Sohani-Mahiwal, Vikrama- Vetala & Shiva-ParvatiVivaha. Krishna and Radha, as the divine pair, form the quintessence of this art, being elevated to a new spiritual conception typifying the Supreme Soul and the individual soul respectively. |
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| THE COMPANY SCHOOL |
At the time of invasion of English men in India the English artists also came and their way of doing or the styles followed by them mixed with the styles prevailing in the country and is known as THE COMPANY SCHOOL.
The Company School paintings basically depend on three C's- Custom, Costume and Culture and on the Occupations, for e.g., these consist of figures of the people belonging to the different societies of the country.
Commonly the different famous schools are: The Patna Bazaar School, The Lucknow School, and The Bengal School, etc. |
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