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  2. Indian miniature paintings - Wikipedia

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    Indian miniature paintings are a class of paintings originating from India. [1] Made on canvases a few inches in length and width, the Indian miniatures are noted for the amount of details that the artist encapsulates within the minute canvas frame; and the characteristic sensitivity with which the human, divine and natural forms are portrayed.

  3. Jain art - Wikipedia

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    The Jain stupa was a type of stupa erected by the Jains for devotional purposes. A Jain stupa dated to the 1st century BCE — 1st century CE was excavated at Mathura in the 19th century, in the Kankali Tila mound. [40] Jain legends state that the earliest Jain stupa was built in the 8th century BCE, before the time of the Jina Parsvanatha. [41]

  4. Indian painting - Wikipedia

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    It seems clear that miniature painting, often illustrating manuscripts, has a very long history, [5] but Jain miniatures from about the 12th century, mostly from West India, and slightly earlier Buddhist ones from the Pala Empire in the east are the oldest to survive. [6]

  5. Shantinatha Charitra - Wikipedia

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    This is the oldest example of miniature painting. These illustrations are beautifully drawn in multi-colour and are examples of a highly evolved style of painting. [3] It contains 10 images of scenes from the life of Shantinatha in the style of Jain paintings from Gujarat. The text contains miniature paintings drawn in multi-colour.

  6. Mughal painting - Wikipedia

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    Govardhan, Emperor Jahangir visiting the ascetic Jadrup, c. 1616–1620 [1]. Mughal painting is a South Asian style of painting on paper made in to miniatures either as book illustrations or as single works to be kept in albums (), originating from the territory of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent.

  7. Vimalnatha - Wikipedia

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    Shri vimalnatha swami jain shwetambar temple,Bibwewadi Jain Altarpiece with Vimalanatha in Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 15th century Miniature painting from Jodhpur ca. 1800 of 13th Tirthankara or Jina of Jainism

  8. Tirthankara - Wikipedia

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    Jain miniature painting of 24 Jain Tirthankaras, Jaipur, c. 1850 The 24 Tirthankaras forming the tantric meditative syllable Hrim, painting on cloth, Gujarat, c. 1800. In Jainism, a Tirthankara (IAST: tīrthaṅkara; lit. ' ford-maker ') is a saviour and supreme preacher of the dharma (righteous path). [1]

  9. Art of Rajasthan - Wikipedia

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    Krishna and Radha, attributed to Nihal Chand, a master of the Kishangarh miniature school trained at the imperial court in Delhi. [1]Apart from the architecture of Rajasthan, the most notable forms of the visual art of Rajasthan are architectural sculpture on Hindu and Jain temples in the medieval era, in painting illustrations to religious texts, beginning in the late medieval period, and ...

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