Tanjore paintings - Unique and Authentic Popular Paintings

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Guide to Tanjore Painting An Ancient Paint of
India
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• India has a rich history of art and paintings
  which date back to several centuries. From the
  ancient time the paintings of India divided in
  two categories that are wall paintings and
  miniature paintings. Some of the most popular
  paintings of India are Mughal paintings,
  Rajasthani paintings, Madhubani paintings, Tribal
  and folk art, Lepakshi paintings, Batik
  paintings, Modern paintings and Tanjore paintings
  also fall in these two categories.

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• The medieval history of India told the glorious
  period of importance of arts and cultural
  expressions given by the rules across the India
  at that time. At that time different types of
  arts and crafts evolved in almost all the regions
  of India and one passionate painting that evolves
  during that time was Tanjore painting.

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• In the history the first Tanjore painting is
  mention is approximately 40,000 year old. It was
  made in Thanjavur which is a city in Tamil Nadu,
  India and to design the painting, the artisan
  used original precious stones and gold foils.
  They also used oil paints to give bright colour
  and long life to these paintings. This is also
  one of the main reason why compared to other
  paintings, Tanjore paintings remain more ageless.

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Among the various designs Chettinad and Mysore
designs are the most popular design used in
Tanjore paintings.

• Chettinad Tanjore paintings These types of
  Tanjore paintings are originated in Thanjavur,
  city in Tamil Nadu and speak the life around 1600
  A.D. These paintings have thick lines, bold
  colours, appropriate shapes designed that drown
  by the artisan with keeping every line in a
  balance. The use of appropriate colour and
  without any out of shape concern gives these
  Tanjore paintings a special vibe.

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• Mysore Tanjore paintings Mysore Tanjore
  paintings were originated in Mysore, a city in
  Karnataka. The specialties of these kinds of
  Tanjore painting are delicate lines, intricate
  brush strokes, graceful delineation of figures
  and the use of bright vegetable colour and
  lustrous gold leaf. These painting were designed
  to inspire the feeling of devotion and they speak
  the life of 2nd century B.C. to 7th century A.D
  in India.

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• Tanjore paintings said to bring positive energy
  to home and they are very unique and authentic in
  style. To design these Tanjore paintings artisans
  used various precious and semi-precious gems and
  pure gold foils as ornaments and clothing of the
  graceful figures which are mostly Hindu
  mythological gods and goddesses like Shiva,
  Vishnu, Lakshmi, Sarastwati, Parvathi, Krishna
  Tanjore painting, Radha, Ganesha , Nataraja and
  many more. Even though Tanjore paintings are now
  facing trouble but with the help of some
  dedicated artisan Tanjore painting able to reach
  the modern time.

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