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14
Jul
Pieter Bruegel the Elder ‘The Draughtsman and engraver ‘
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525-1569)
The greatest Netherlandish artist of the 16th century and an accomplished draughtsman and engra...
06
Aug
Pichwai Paintings of Rajasthan
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PICHWAI PAINTING STYLE
For a person brought up in India, it's not uncommon to have grown up listening to the glorious stories of Lord K...
05
Jul
Dante Gabriel Rossetti ‘The Founder Of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)
The son of an Italian writer and political refugee, Dante Gabriel Rossetti was brilliantly gifted as...
05
Aug
Warli Painting
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WARLI PAINTINGS
Warli Art and Warli painting are tribal art done majorly by the Adivasi community located in North Sahyadri Range in we...
03
Jul
Paul Gauguin ‘Mysteries of Paradise’
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Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Paul Gauguin was one of the most revolutionary painters of the 19th century, as unconventional in his art as h...
20
Aug
Kavad ‘A Storytelling Box of Rajasthan’
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Kavad Painting Style
It is an artist's creation , a storyteller's medium and a believer's shrine. Few crafts in india are as unique and...
04
Aug
Lal Singh Bhati – The New Era of Jodhpur Style
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Lal Singh Bhati: Preserving Tradition and Mastering Artistry in the Jodhpur School of PaintingIn the vast canvas of Indian artistry, La...
03
Aug
Maharaja Takhat Singh Period
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Maharaja Takhat singh and his Successors
Maharaja Takhat Singh (b.c.1820, r.1843-73) was brought from Ahmadnagar in Idar state to take ...
01
Aug
Pre- Mughal Traditions of Painting in Marwar
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Pre-Mughal Traditions of Paintings in Marwar
No painting from Marwar has yet come to light that predates the Mughal invasion of India i...
04
Aug
Maharaja Man Singh Period
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Maharaja Man Singh
Man Singh's ruthless cousin, Maharaja Bhim Singh, had ensured the security of his claim to the throne by eliminating...
01
Aug
Marwar-Mughal Style Fusion in the 17th Century
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Marwar and the mughals in the 17th CenturyThe relationship of the rulers of Jodhpur with the Mughal emperors was never a comfortable on...
25
Jun
Claude Monet ‘The French Impressionist’
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Claude Monet(1840-1926)
Claude Monet was the most dedicated and single-minded of the French Impressionists. He was brought up on the No...
16
Jul
Fra Angelico’s Frescoes
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Fra Angelico (1395-1455)
Fra Angelico entered the Dominican order of friars as a young man and began his artistic career decorating man...
20
Jul
Titian ‘The Italian Renaissance’
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Titian (c.1485-1576)
The greatest painter of the Venetian School, Titian dominated art in the city during its most glorious period. He ...
15
Aug
Pattachitra Painting ‘Heritage of Orissa and Bengal’
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Pattachitra Painting Style
As the scorching summer sun rises on the day of Snana Punam, the priests of the Lord Jagannatha temple in Pu...
23
Jul
Frans Hals ‘The Portraitist’
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Frans Hals(c. 1582-1666)
One of the greatest portraitists of the 17th century, Frans Hals was born in Antwerp in the early 1580s. Short...
25
Jun
John Constable ‘The Painter of Suffolk’
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John Constable (1776-1837)John Constable, perhaps the greatest and most original of all British landscape artists, is renowned, especia...
04
Aug
Miniature Painting style in India
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MINIATURE PAINTING
History of Miniature Painting in India
Miniature painting originated in India around 750 AD. C. when the Pala ruled ...
25
Jul
Giambattista Tiepolo ‘ The Italian Rococo Artist ‘
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Giambattista Tiepolo (1678-1770)
Tiepolo was the greatest exponent of the Italian Rococo style. Born in Venice at the end of the 17th c...
02
Aug
Marwar Style in the 18th Century
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Marwar in the 18th century
Maharaja Ajit Singh
(b.1679, r.1707-24)
jaswant Singh left no heir at his death in 1678, but one of his wive...
09
Jul
James McNeill Whistler ‘In Search of Harmony’
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James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
James McNeill Whistler was one of the most original artists, and one of the most outrageously theatr...
