What are Indian miniature paintings?

What are Indian miniature paintings?

What are Indian miniatures? Indian miniatures are small-scale, highly detailed paintings. They trace back to at least 9th century CE, and are a living tradition with many contemporary artists still pursuing the art form.

What is the name of miniature painting?

limning
miniature painting, also called (16th–17th century) limning, small, finely wrought portrait executed on vellum, prepared card, copper, or ivory. The name is derived from the minium, or red lead, used by the medieval illuminators.

Which state of India is famous for miniature painting?

While it was Buddhism in the east, it was Jainism that inspired the miniature artistic movement of the Western Indian style of miniature painting. This form prevailed in the regions of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Malwa, from the 12th-16th century AD.

What are the types of miniature paintings?

Miniature painting

• Miniature (illuminated manuscript), a small illustration used to decorate an illuminated manuscript.
• Persian miniature, a small painting on paper in the Persian tradition, for a book or album.
• Ottoman miniature, a small painting on paper in the tradition of the Ottoman Empire, for a book or album.

What is the history of miniature painting?

The actual, miniature painting started taking form in the Western Indian Himalayas during 17th century AD. These paintings were very much influenced by the mural paintings that originated during the latter half of the 8th century. Initially they were done on Palm leaves and later the work was done on paper.

Who introduced miniature paintings to India?

The Palas of Bengal
The Palas of Bengal are considered the pioneers of miniature painting in India, but the art form reached its zenith during the Mughal rule. The tradition of miniature paintings was further taken forward by the artists of various Rajasthani schools of painting, including the Kishangarh, Bundi Jaipur, Mewar and Marwar.

What is miniature history?

The first attested time the word miniature was used in English to describe an art form was in the 16th century in the writings of Sir Philip Sidney, d. 1586. He contrasted the life-sized reflections of women playing in the water with the miniature reflections of them in the bubbles created by the splashing.