History of Thanjavur Paintings

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HISTORY OF THANJAVUR PAINTINGS
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CONTENT

• INTRODUCTION
• HISTORY
• Fall of Vijayanagar Empire
• Nayakas
• Marathas
• Paintings
• CURRENT
• CONCLUSION

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INTRODUCTION

• Thanjavur painting is the one of the precious
  artistic work made by the Indians and this
  painting came to existence from 1600 A.D.
• The Thanjavur paintings in Chennai are more
  realistic and they are made from the expertise
  hands.
• The Thanjavur paintings have a great history and
  let us see about that in detail.

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HISTORY

• FALL OF VIJAYANAGAR EMPIRE
• NAYAKAS
• MARATHAS
• PAINTINGS

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FALL OF VIJAYANAGAR EMPIRE

• There were many artists lived under the support
  of the Vijayanagar Empire.
• The painters had some importance during that
  period but many were not that much recognized.
• Once the Vijayanagar Empire was defeated, most of
  the painters dispatched and moved to various
  places.

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NAYAKAS

• Some painters moved to Thanjavur and worked under
  the patronage of the Nayakas Empire.
• The Nayakas gave the painters a high respect and
  many painters got their recognition during his
  period.
• This is the time where the Thanjavur paintings
  started its rise.

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MARATHAS

• The Nayakas were defeated by the Marathas and the
  Thanjavur came under the patronage of the
  Marathas.
• The Marathas were more passionate towards
  paintings than the Nayakas. So the painters got
  more recognition than during the Nayakas period.

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PAINTINGS

• As the Marathas were more passionate towards
  paintings, many paintings were asked to be drawn
  on the palaces, walls and temples.
• Even now if we go to Thanjavur, we can see many
  paintings on the temples and palaces.
• Paintings of the rulers of that period and the
  GODs during that period were drawn.

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CURRENT

• As we had seen the history of the Thanjavur
  paintings, now let us see some important things
  of the current Thanjavur paintings.
• The Thanjavur paintings are drawn on the white
  cloth which is placed on the wooden board.
• Initially the rough diagram is drawn and the
  white chalk powder solution is coated over the
  cloth and then the main diagram is drawn.
• Once after all the painting works are done, they
  will go for the decoration work by placing the
  colourful stones on the paintings.
• The thing which adds up greatness to the painting
  is the gold foil finish which is made at the
  last.
• Many gods are being drawn nowadays.
• These are the makings of the Thanjavur paintings
  in current lifetime.

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CONCLUSION

• If you want to buy Thanjavur paintings online,
  then there are many websites who does provide you
  with different varieties at different costs.
• These are the history and current conditions of
  the Thanjavur paintings.