2022-04-18 19:37:32
Mewar School painting In these paintings, bright and brilliant red, orange, green, bright-blue colours have been profusely used.
Male and female figures have long noses, oval shaped faces, elongated fish-like eyes. This is the influence of the Apbhramsa style.
The female figures have been drawn relatively smaller than the male.
The males use loose fitting garments embroidered Patka and Turbans and the females usc loose long skirts, choli and transparent odhnis (veils).
The paintings of the birds, animals and trees are ornate, the flowers drawn in bunches, and the Hills and Mountains depicted in Persian style. Small hillocks and mounds have been inserted into the paintings.
Chawand Ragamala of 1605 is considered as the earliest example of the Mewar school.
Mewar style saw many ups and downs as towards the end of 17th century and 18th century it saw the revival but later in 18th century it witnessed downfall, and from mid-19th to mid-20th century it continued as the court art.
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