History Of Tanjore Paintings

However, there are some factors which make a difference between Thanjavur paintings and other types of paintings such as compressed composition, rich surface and vibrant colour combination. To make these paintings more appealing they added more glass pieces, stones, pearls, semi-precious stones, and other materials. In 16th to 18 century, Indian Tanjore Paintings are highly patronized by the Naidus & Tirchi of Madurai, Princes of Maratha and Bán tranh gỗ treo tường vinh quy bái to hợp với tuổi nào the Rajus and Nayakas of Tanjore communities.

The most famous theme of these paintings is to represent the god and goddess with saints and the main character of the painting is used to be painted at the centre of the wooden plank. Yes, Tanjore used "Palagai Padam" it is a local product which is found in the streets of Tamil Nadu. This Palagia Padam is a solid wooden plank and Tanjore artists used to paint on these wooden planks. How the Tanjore Paintings are made? While making a Tanjore Paintings, Tanjore artist used many steps.

First of all, they draw a basic sketch on the wooden base. This wooden base consists of a cloth which is then pasted on the wooden plank. In the second step, the artist creates a mixture of zinc oxide or chalk powder and mixed it into an adhesive which can be dissolved in the water and then they put this mixture on the base. In the third step, the artist started making the ornaments with some pearls, semi-precious ornaments, and glasses. They also used threads and laces to decorate it and to make it more impressive they used some thin sheets of gold and paste them on some particulars parts of the paintings and rest the parts are painted with bright colours.

Historical Information of Tanjore Paintings Tanjore Paintings ranks a unique place in Indian Paintings history and these paintings were started in the 11th century. Some Chola wall paintings of Tanjore Paintings are still in the Brihadeeswarar Temple were made in the 16th century in the Nayak period. Vijayanagara Rayas After having a long fortification against the advancement of Islamic who was influenced by Deccan and Tranh vinh quy bái to hợp với tuổi nào north regions.

A period of time, Harihara and Bukka founded the Vijayanagara Empire. Vijaynagar Empire assured Tranh vinh quy bái to hợp với tuổi nào protect and preserve the old Hindu artist when the foreign influence is seeping into the south peninsula. This empire has reached the seven skies under the reign of Krishnadevaraya and his kingdom is started from the Tungabhadra river of the north to the Kanyakumari. The kingdom is also stretched from Malabar Coast to the Bay of Bengal in the West. In the year between 1521-1522, king Krishnadevaraya visited many holy places of Tamil country and donated much amount for temples and religious establishment.

And it is also found that, during the reign of Krishnadevaraya, art and artists were also appreciated by the king. Thanjavur Nayakas Under the reign and supervision of Raya, Nayakas outlaid the outer provinces of the Kingdom. However, in the year of 1564 and 1614 during the reign of Achyutappa the entire kingdom and empire of Vijayanagara was fell down and then they started showing interest in philosophers, literature, artists, and musicians.

Raghunatha Nayaka who was the son of Achyutappa brought these Tanjore paintings ahead and completed evolved into these Indian Paintings which was known as Thanjavur at that time.