Indian Painting

インドの絵画

Dictionary entry

  1. Kalighat Painting 19th century–1930s / Style

    Souvenir paintings mass-produced at Calcutta's temple gate — thick fluent contours and bold omission drawing gods and social satire with the same brush.

  2. Madhubani traditional–present / Style

    Festival painting carried by the women of Mithila from wall and floor to paper — dense pattern filling every void, mythic imagery still alive and updating.

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