Resting Eagle - Miniature Painting
Exotic Bird - Miniature Paintings
Mashak Pipe Player - Miniature Painting
People found a means of expression through miniature paintings
as early as their cave dwelling days. They started out as etches on the walls,
but slowly people started using natural dyes to colour their paintings. With
the influx of new people and culture in any territory, painting and
architecture always imbibed something new. Paintings were used to capture
and frame life as it were for preserving it for historic purposes. Perspective
and the concept of depth came much later with the advent of individualism in
Europe. In India the paintings have a sense of continuity, from early days till
the modern day. Read More
