Relevance:
Recently, the Wall of Peace, a great work of modern mural art on the 700-feet long compound wall of School in Kerala was inaugurated.
Indian Mural Paintings:
- They are paintings made on the walls of caves and palaces.
- Earliest evidences –
- Caves of Ajanta and Ellora, Bagh caves and Sittanvasal cave.
- Vinaya Pitaka – Vaishali-Amrapali employed painters to paint the kings, traders and merchants of that time on the walls of her palace.
- Techniques and Process –
- Source – Vishnudharamotaram, a Sanskrit text of the 5th/6th century CE.
- Principal colours – red ochre, vivid red (vermilion), yellow ochre, indigo blue, lapis lazuli, lamp black (Kajjal), chalk white, terraverte and green.
- Brushes were made up from the hair of animals, such as goat, camel, mongooses, etc.
- True fresco method –
- Paintings are done when the surface wall is still wet
- Pigments go deep inside the wall surface.
- Example – Rajarajeshwara temple at Tanjore
- Tempora method –
- It is a method of painting on the lime plastered surface which has been allowed to dry first and then drenched with fresh lime water.
- On the surface, thus obtained, the artist proceeded to sketch in water colours.
- Mural –
- A mural is any piece of artwork that is painted or applied directly on a wall.
- Also appears on ceilings or any other large permanent surface.
- Mural paintings usually have the distinguishing characteristic of having the architectural elements of the space they are painted on being harmoniously incorporated into the picture.
Reference: The Hindu
The well-known painting “Bani Thani” belongs to the (2018)
a). Bundi school
b). Jaipur school
c). Kangra school
d). Kishangarh school
