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Painting What is Painting? Painting is the practice of applying pigment suspended in a carrier (or medium) and a binding agent (a glue) to a surface (support) such as paper, canvas or a wall. Humans started expressing in the form of painting much before writing was inventedTRANSCRIPT
Visual Arts Painting Sculpture Print Making Photography
Architecture
Films Video Art Graphic Design Decorative Arts Painting What is
Painting?
Painting is the practice of applying pigment suspended in a carrier
(or medium) and a binding agent (a glue) to a surface (support)
such as paper, canvas or a wall. Humans started expressing in the
form of painting much before writing was invented Egyptian Painting
Connection with afterlife
Connection with hieroglyphs Main subjects gods of underworld and
the journey towardsunderworld Book of dead Style: Body frontal,
face in profile Egyptian Painting 1000BCE Roman Painting from
Pompeii 3rd CE Roman Painting Only wall paintings survive Bend
towards naturalism
Use of light and shade to create volume (later seen in Renaissance
painting) Byzantine Art: 6th -7th CE Byzantine Painting Middle Ages
Art more iconic
Hardly any change in style in 1000 years Completely dictated to the
Church Considering the flatness it almost borders on Abstract
painting Highly stylized Abundant use of gold No one point
perspective Illuminated Manuscripts
Book Art Calligraphy Designs Sometimes portraits too Renaissance:
Andrea del Sarto
15th CE Renaissance Painting Revival of Greek and Roman art
Emphasis on Naturalism One point perspective Foreshortening For
Churches as well as Private patrons Human effort hardly visible
Good artist is someone who can create optical illusion of space and
leave no visible brush strokes Baroque Painting 17th CE Carravaggio
Baroque Painting Exaggeration Unusual Angels
Focus on subjects like miracles and ecstasy Dramatic use of color
and space Theatricality Dramatic use of light and shade Ajanta
Painting 5th CE Ajanta Painting Buddhist themes Jatakas and themes
from life of Buddha
Focus on the expression of emotions Bhava very important Bold and
lyrical lines Empahasis on details like ornaments, decoration on
crown etc. Chinese Landscape painting Chinese Landscape Painting
14th CE
Emphasis on the feel of the painting Strong brushstrokes Minimum
use of lines to bring out the character Detailed brushwork once the
main form is established Meditative aspect Japanese Landscape
Painting 14th CE Japanese Painting Wash technique used in broad
sweeps
Japanese Art known for its wood cut printing technique Water based
techniques Stylized subjects Poetic Importance of negative space
Jain Painting Jain Painting Beginning of Miniature tradition in
India
Painting along with text Calligraphy Flat Use of Primary colors esp
red and blue Extended eye Stylized figures and patterns Composition
based entirely on narrative Moghul Painting Painting from Akbarnama
16th CE Moghul Painting Book Art and Folios for Albums
Illustrated books depicting the life and achievements of Mughal
rulers e.g. Akbarnama, Baburnama etc. Use of perspective Connection
with West Influence of Persian and Chinese Painting Kangra
Painting, 17th CE Pahari painting (Kangra Painting)
Landscape of feeling Usually poetic themes Symbolism Use of tonal
variations Folk Painting: Some Examples
Deeply engrained in the culture Usually Ritualistic All-over the
world Pithora Painting Warli painting Madhubani Painting Australian
aboriginal dot painting Modern Painting Impression Sunrise by Monet
WilliamDe kooning Frank Stella