Printmaking (Graphic Prints) Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints that have an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting.…
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving (the removal of material) and modelling (the addition of material, as clay), in stone,…
Gandhāra was an ancient region in the Peshawar basin in the far north-west of the ancient Indian subcontinent, corresponding to present-day north-west Pakistan and north-east Afghanistan. The center of the region was at the confluence of the Kabul and Swat…
Never ask such a question to a print maker like me unless you have the time and patience to listen to an in-depth explanation. In this age of fast cars and two minutes noodles, it is difficult to comprehend why…
What comes to your mind when you think of the Indian freedom struggle – protests, marches, shouting, slogans, non-violent activism and jailed comrades perhaps? Loud and roaring action is an intrinsic feature of any movement. But it’s only one part…
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Deccan school of painting was effective in southern part of India in medieval age and later years. Adil Shahi, Nizam Shahi, and Qutub Shahi rulers were the patrons in the development of Decani School of painting. A lot of artists…
In the idealization of reality, the artist has to invest his inner intuitive power besides the dictates of senses. These laws are the creation of those who could churn the gems from the ocean of their evolved consciousness empowered by…
Mīr Sayyid ʿAli, (flourished 16th century, India), Persian miniaturist who, together with his fellow countryman ʿAbd-uṣ-Ṣamad, emigrated to India and helped to found the Mughal school of painting (see Mughal painting). He was born probably in the second quarter of the 16th century in…
