Madhubani

ミティラー画（マドゥバニ） / traditional–present / Style / Indian Painting

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.

Pattern filling the plane / Double outlines / Mythic imagery / Natural pigments

Madhubani — ミティラー画（CC BY-SA 3.0）Madhubani — 制作中のミティラー画家（CC BY-SA 4.0）Madhubani — ミティラー画の販売風景（CC BY-SA 3.0）
ミティラー画（CC BY-SA 3.0） ／ 制作中のミティラー画家（CC BY-SA 4.0） ／ ミティラー画の販売風景（CC BY-SA 3.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
Ganga Devi and the named masters / the move from wall to paper (1960s) / the women's lineage of transmission

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Source: Mithila Museum — About

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