Online Art Gallery Collections of Tanjore Painting

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Tanjore Paintings - Pride of South India
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• Art is that form where human feelings and
  thoughts are knitted in a one canvas. Moreover,
  it is that language which has no language still
  bind the people from the ancient times. Paintings
  and sculptures of India has a great value in
  ancient India. There are many art forms which are
  generated through the years and belonging to
  different social and cultural class.  They have
  transformed, changed and advanced in different
  ways and gained todays exquisite art form.

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• Each era gives some distinctive forms like the
  Harappan styles, the ancient fire alter of the
  Vedic period etc etc. And also there are not only
  one school of art in India. Indian painting is a
  typical and lively texture of different styles of
  different schools viz. Mughal painting, Rajput
  Painting, Mysore painting, Bengal painting etc.
  And among them the classical south Indian
  painting style called Tanjore Painting is also
  unique and rare piece of artform which is still
  followed by the artist.

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• The Tanjore painting style is originated in
  Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. If historically speaking
  the Tanjore painting crafted back from the era of
  11th centurys Chola wall paintings which were
  decorated in the Brihadeeswarer temple.  After
  the fall of the Vijaynagar Empire the artists of
  that period also drove to Thanjavur where this
  art form flourished. This type of paintings was
  crafted in different subjects and sizes depending
  on the choices.

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• These works were painted on canvas, walls, wood,
  ivory, glass, mica, paper and different metal
  depending on the size and patchwork.  The subject
  of Tanjore painting was basically religious like
  the Krishna tanjore painting which is crafted in
  different vivid and flat style in temples or
  walls or any metallic base. In the vary past, the
  artist of this style used natural row elements as
  colors like vegetable and minerals etc and every
  color was  assigned to show different subject
  like Lord Nataraja is colored  white whereas Lord
  Vishnu is colored blue in every tanjore painting.

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• In todays modern art world, artist have also
  taken this unique art style and composed it in
  different media works. Also many online art
  galleries produce different art styles from this
  art form and sell it through online. They use the
  older version of Tanjore painting style and
  crafted it in glass or other metal and display it
  for the people. The paintings like Lakshmi
  Tanjore painting and other deities are also
  favored by many people.  

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