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2. Pattachitra - Wikipedia

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   Pattachitra is a traditional painting of Odisha, India. [ 1] These paintings are based on Hindu mythology and specially inspired by Jagannath and Vaishnava sect. [ 13] All colours used in the Paintings are natural and paintings are made fully old traditional way by Chitrakaras that is Odiya Painter. Pattachitra style of painting is one of the ...

3. 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. [2]

4. Palmette - Wikipedia

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   Etruscan architectural plaque with palmettes, from late 4th century BC, painted terracotta, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. The palmette is a motif in decorative art which, in its most characteristic expression, resembles the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree. It has a far-reaching history, originating in ancient Egypt with a ...

5. Thanjavur painting - Wikipedia

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   Thanjavur painting is a classical South Indian painting style, originating in the town of Thanjavur (anglicized as Tanjore) in Tamil Nadu.The art form draws its immediate resources and inspiration from way back about 1600 AD, a period when the Nayakas of Thanjavur under the suzerainty of the Vijayanagara Rayas encouraged art—chiefly, classical dance and music—as well as literature, both in ...

6. Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions - Wikipedia

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   Dwarfing the other pieces of art is a partial wall painting on (again) white plaster, with black and red paint like the rest, adding yellow. It's a seated figure, with neither breasts nor beard; perhaps a younger male god or prince. A lotus is near or touching his mouth, like the lotus touching the male's face on jar A. [citation needed]

7. Guernica (Picasso) - Wikipedia

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   W. J. H. B. Sandberg, Daedalus, 1960 Dora Maar found a large enough studio for Picasso to paint Guernica in. Through her connections in the left-wing community, she gained access to a space on Rue des Grands-Augustins, near Notre-Dame. This building had previously served as the headquarters of the ‘Contre-Attaque’ group, of which Maar was a dedicated member. Having listened to anti-fascist ...