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  2. Indian art - Wikipedia

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    Indian art consists of a variety of art forms, including painting, ... another significant art form of the Shunga Dynasty is the elaborately moulded terracotta ...

  3. Indian painting - Wikipedia

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    Indian Art got a boost with the economic liberalization of the country since the early 1990s. Artists from various fields now started bringing in varied styles of work. Post-liberalization Indian art thus works not only within the confines of academic traditions but also outside it. In this phase, artists have introduced even newer concepts ...

  4. Six limbs (Indian painting) - Wikipedia

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    3rd or 4th century CE Kamasutra, Vatsyayana, 13th-century Jayamangala commentary of Yashodhara, Bendall purchase 1885 CE.Kamasutra elaborate the idea of Shadanga. [6]The concept of the Six Limbs of Indian Painting, or Ṣaḍaṅga, finds its roots in ancient Indian texts and treatises on art and aesthetics, reflecting a holistic approach to artistic creation.

  5. Rangoli - Wikipedia

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    A rangoli on the occasion of Diwali, Goa, India A rangoli made with flowers on the occasion of Onam Rangoli at Delhi, India Rangoli is an art form that originates from the Indian subcontinent, in which patterns are created on the floor or a tabletop using materials such as powdered limestone, red ochre, dry rice flour, coloured sand, quartz powder, flower petals, and coloured rocks.

  6. Sculpture in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    Gupta art is the style of art, surviving almost entirely as sculpture, developed under the Gupta Empire, which ruled most of northern India, with its peak between about 300 and 480 CE, surviving in much reduced form until c. 550.

  7. Thanjavur painting - Wikipedia

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    Thanjavur painting is a classical South Indian painting style, originating in the town of Thanjavur (anglicized as Tanjore) in Tamil Nadu.The art form draws its immediate resources and inspiration from way back about 1600 AD, a period when the Nayakas of Thanjavur under the suzerainty of the Vijayanagara Rayas encouraged art—chiefly, classical dance and music—as well as literature, both in ...

  8. Mandala - Wikipedia

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    Rangoli - art form originating from the Indian subcontinent Religious artArt with religious subjects Shamsa – Intricately decorated rosette or medallion which is used in many contexts, including manuscripts, carpets, ornamental metalwork and architectural decoration such as the underside of domes Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as ...

  9. Hindu art - Wikipedia

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    viseshakacchedya — art of painting the face and body with colored unguents and cosmetics. tandula-kusuma-bali-vikara — art of preparing offerings from rice and flowers. pushpastarana — art of making a covering of flowers for a bed. dasana-vasananga-raga — art of applying preparations for cleansing the teeth, clothes, and painting the body.