Pahari painting

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Pahari painting (literal meaning a painting from the mountainous regions, pahar means a mountain in Hindi) is a umbrella term used for, a form of Indian painting, originating from Hill kingdoms of North India, during 17th-19th century. Notably Basohli, Mankot, Nurpur, Chamba, Kangra, Guler, Mandi, and Garhwal, and was done mostly in miniature forms ^[1][2].

Contents 1 Origin and area 2 Schools of Pahari painting 3 Further reading 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Origin and area

Pahari school developed and flourished during 17th-19th centuries stretching from Jammu to Almora and Garhwal, in the sub-Himalayan India, through Himachal Pradesh, and each creating stark variations within the genre, ranging from bold intense Basohli Painting, originating from Basohli in Jammu and Kashmir, to the delicate and lyrical Kangra paintings, which became synonymous to the style before other schools of paintings developed, which reached its pinnacle with paintings of Radha and Krishna, inspired by Jayadev's Gita Govinda^[3].

It gave birth to a new idiom in Indian painting, and grew out of the Mughal painting, though this was patronized mostly by the Rajput kings who ruled many parts of the region ^[4].

[edit] Schools of Pahari painting

• Guler School
• Kangra School
• Basohli School
• Chamba School ^[5][6]
• Garhwal School

[edit] Further reading

• Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India by B. N. Goswamy and Eberhard Fischer Artibus Asiae. Supplementum, Vol. 38, Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India (1992), pp. 3-391 [1]
• Wall Paintings of The Western Himalayas, by Mira Seth. Publications Division . 1976.
• Garhwal Paintings, by Mukandi Lal. Publications Division. 1982.
• Punjab Painting - Study in Art and Culture, by R P Srivastava. Abhinav Publications. 1983. ISBN 0391025600.
• Centres of Pahari Painting, by Chandramani Singh. Published by Abhinav Publications, 1982. ISBN 0391024124.
• Portfolio - The Bhagavata Paintings from Mankot, by Karl Khandalavala. Lalit Kala Akademi. 1981.
• On the origins of Pahari Painting, by Vishwa Chander Ohri, Joseph Jacobs. Indian Institute of Advanced Study. 1991. ISBN 8185182531.

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Kangra Painting

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