Western Indian Paintings
Religion has a great influence on art.
Over centuries religion has been inspiring various artistic creations.
India is the birthplace of three religions - Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
All of them have inculcated social expressions like epics, poems, paintings and sculptures, through teachings, preaching and mythology.
Western Indian Paintings are deeply influenced by the Jainism.
So this school is a also known as the Jain School of Painting.
This is a quite conservative style of miniature painting.
it depicts the facts, teachings and mythological scenes from the Jain religious scriptures.
This school thrived in Gujarat state.
Numerous occurrences are found here.
Yet some of the pictures were also found in central India and Uttar Pradesh.
On the east coast, in Orissa, the style exists even today.
The characteristics of this school are bright colours, conventional figures, and lean, angular drawing.
These pictures do not bear the traits of Indian naturalism of the ancient wall painting.
During the 10th to 12th century, in western India a school of miniature drawings came into existence.
These miniatures were incorporated in the manuscripts composed at the time and were largely used in illustrating the subjects of the manuscripts.
Most of these miniatures occur in some Jaina religious texts and these pictures are of 2 to 4 inches in length.
Earliest of all among the Jaina religious scriptures are palm-leaf manuscripts.
These scriptures include the texts Ogha-niryukti and Dasavaikalika-tika with pictorial presentations of western Indian style.
Also in Savaga-padikkamana-sutta-cunni, another Jaina palm-leaf manuscript, composed by Pandit Ramachandra in 13th century AD and still surviving, included miniatures of this school.
In the 14th century AD, paper replaced the palm leaf.
The Kalpasutra of Bhadrabahu is the most eminent Jaina paper manuscripts illustrated with pictures of western Indian school.
So does another scripture called the Kalakacharyakatha.
By the late 15th and 16th century the Jaina style of paintings reached the culmination of development.
In this period, large number of Hindu manuscripts were illustrated with manuscript and wholly composed in western India.
Notable works in this group of compositions include the Bhagavata Purana and the Gitagovinda of Jayadeva.
Over centuries religion has been inspiring various artistic creations.
India is the birthplace of three religions - Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
All of them have inculcated social expressions like epics, poems, paintings and sculptures, through teachings, preaching and mythology.
Western Indian Paintings are deeply influenced by the Jainism.
So this school is a also known as the Jain School of Painting.
This is a quite conservative style of miniature painting.
it depicts the facts, teachings and mythological scenes from the Jain religious scriptures.
This school thrived in Gujarat state.
Numerous occurrences are found here.
Yet some of the pictures were also found in central India and Uttar Pradesh.
On the east coast, in Orissa, the style exists even today.
The characteristics of this school are bright colours, conventional figures, and lean, angular drawing.
These pictures do not bear the traits of Indian naturalism of the ancient wall painting.
During the 10th to 12th century, in western India a school of miniature drawings came into existence.
These miniatures were incorporated in the manuscripts composed at the time and were largely used in illustrating the subjects of the manuscripts.
Most of these miniatures occur in some Jaina religious texts and these pictures are of 2 to 4 inches in length.
Earliest of all among the Jaina religious scriptures are palm-leaf manuscripts.
These scriptures include the texts Ogha-niryukti and Dasavaikalika-tika with pictorial presentations of western Indian style.
Also in Savaga-padikkamana-sutta-cunni, another Jaina palm-leaf manuscript, composed by Pandit Ramachandra in 13th century AD and still surviving, included miniatures of this school.
In the 14th century AD, paper replaced the palm leaf.
The Kalpasutra of Bhadrabahu is the most eminent Jaina paper manuscripts illustrated with pictures of western Indian school.
So does another scripture called the Kalakacharyakatha.
By the late 15th and 16th century the Jaina style of paintings reached the culmination of development.
In this period, large number of Hindu manuscripts were illustrated with manuscript and wholly composed in western India.
Notable works in this group of compositions include the Bhagavata Purana and the Gitagovinda of Jayadeva.
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