Painting Arts and entertainment in India



the earliest indian paintings rock paintings of pre-historic times, petroglyphs found in places rock shelters of bhimbetka, , of them older 5500 bc. such works continued , after several millennia, in 7th century, carved pillars of ellora, maharashtra state present example of indian paintings, , colors, various shades of red , orange, derived minerals. thereafter, frescoes of ajanta , ellora caves appeared. india s buddhist literature replete examples of texts describe palaces of kings , aristocratic class embellished paintings, have not survived. but, believed form of art painting practiced in time.


indian art given new lease of life british in 19th century when new government required painters document indian life , times. english school paintings, these new art called had seen emergence of india s greatest artists of times raja ravi verma. other important artists of colonial period include jamini roy, amrita shergil, ramkinker baij , rabindranath tagore. after independence, indian art became more diverse , artists maqbool fida hussain, francis newton souza, subodh gupta, devajyoti ray, sudip roy, paresh maity , bose krishnamachari earned international recognition.



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