When and How the first Painting was made?

What are Phad Paintings?

What are Madhubani Paintings?

Meaning and Scope Of Wall Paintings?

When and How the first Painting was made?

The origin of painting is traced to a moving legend recorded in the ChitraJakshana-the earliest Indian treatise on painting. When the son of a king's high priest died, Lord Brahma (the Creator) asked the king to paint a likeness of the boy so that he can breathe life into him again. This is how the first painting was made.

What are Phad Paintings?

Phad paintings are predominantly yellow, red and green coloured long scrolls carried by the 'Bhopas' itinerant balladers of Rajasthan,who narrated in song the legend of Pabuji -a local hero -on auspicious occasions to the accompaniment of the folk instrument 'Ravanhatta' made by the Joshis of Shahpur, near Bhilwara. Phads are now also available in smaller panels portraying single incidents or characters from the epic.

What are Madhubani Paintings?

The wall paintings made by women of Madhubani are called Madhubani Paintings. These paintings are joyous expressions of the women of Madhubani, Bihar. The lively compositions and the vibrant colours used to paint them are generally drawn from Indian mythology.

Meaning and Scope Of Wall Paintings?

The paintings on walls have deeper themes, also narratives in a series of panels. Apart from their decorative purpose, they also constitute a form of visual education like picture books from which one learns of one's heritage. Wall paintings in Punjab, outer Delhi and Rajasthcin are usually made at festivals and special occasions like marriages. Folk paintings in Rajasthan attained a high standard and artists won great fame in this art. The themes are from epics and heroic Rajput tales. In the Kumaon, the usual wall pictures are known as bar-boond (dash and dot). The pattern is done by first putting down a number of dots to make the outline of the design, then joining them together by lines in different colours. This calls for intense concentration and immense patience, for an error in a single dot or dash can upset the entire composition. Each pattern is known by the number of dots used. One is known as masti-bar-mat design, a composition of ten dots and the colours used are yellow, violet and green. There are all-over designs of roses and jasmines covering the entire wall.