Interesting Facts about Traditional Indian Art

India has been recognized to be the birthplace of many unique styles of art and architecture work. It all started during 3000 BC, where the art form was used to depict incidents and individuals, whether is it the religious ideologies or with the common physical observations, the Indian craftsmen started working in every other significant area related to the art form.

The outstanding works of them got portrayed in the form of sculptures, pottery, metalwork, and even in textiles that were designed during the Gupta and medieval period. Starting from the Gupta period, the traditional Indian art form got continued over with the Mughal and then with the British era, which makes the Indian art been manifold for centuries.

Art scholars coming from all over the world have a keen interest when it comes to learning traditional Indian art as there are tons of things that these art forms depict about. It even lets the researchers learn about the lifestyle of people who lived during that particular time. The day to day routines, scenic beauties, the culture and tradition that were followed during certain ruler’s dynasty and much more can be learned from such traditional artworks. The traditional Indian artworks exactly portray the religious beliefs and even the political ideologies that were followed way back, which makes research scholars and other art lovers to learn various interesting facts about Indian paintings.

The Origin of Traditional Indian Art

It got started when artists started to rock paint about eight hundred years back. The Bhimbetka cave located in Madhya Pradesh is one fine example that portrays the pre-historic cave murals and paintings done all over them.

The art of Indus valley got more advanced and researchers say that it was during this time period, the better painting techniques and tools got developed, which indeed made a revolution in traditional Indian Art form.

The Indus valley dwellers used to paint every other thing which they witnessed through, for example, be it the natural beauties, sunsets, landscapes, hunting parties, sunrises or people dancing, are finely painted in and around the Indus valley. Also, from this particular time period, it is believed that people started to paint and sculpt their own deities, which people from all over India worship till now.

Once India was said to be under modern influences of foreign and domestic dynasties, the traditional art scenarios got varied from one place to another. This type of difference happened due to the culture difference, which the domestic dynasties tried to bring in through the people who they were ruling with.

The Painting Tools

The painting tools that were used to draw over the mountains and in other places were quite basic. The painters made use of wooden sticks that were plucked from tree branches to paint over the caves. They have even made use of bones of various animals along with its hairs attached on top of them to dip and paint using natural extracts on caves and on sculptures.