🔆About Madhubani Paintings ( From Mithila region in Bihar)
✅It is characterized by line drawings filled in by bright colors and contrasts or patterns.
✅Painting has been traditionally done by the women of the region, though today men are also involved .
✅Although initially, mud walls were the canvases for these paintings, now, cloth is used, apart from handmade paper.
✅The colors are derived mostly from plants.
✅The colors are applied flat with no shading and no empty space is left.
✅Figures from nature & mythology are adapted to suit their style. Social events like court scenes , wedding scenes etc. are also painted
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✅It is characterized by line drawings filled in by bright colors and contrasts or patterns.
✅Painting has been traditionally done by the women of the region, though today men are also involved .
✅Although initially, mud walls were the canvases for these paintings, now, cloth is used, apart from handmade paper.
✅The colors are derived mostly from plants.
✅The colors are applied flat with no shading and no empty space is left.
✅Figures from nature & mythology are adapted to suit their style. Social events like court scenes , wedding scenes etc. are also painted
Join @upsc_art_and_culture