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| The Arts of India
The Arts of India are the illustration of the religious life of the Hindus. Like their faith, the arts have been preserved for the past three thousand years, from change and decay, from foreign invasions, and from the fury of the nature. We owe its preservation to the future generations. For, it exemplifies how life can indeed revolve around the arts. - K. L. Kamat |
The Arts and Artists of India
 Timeline of Indian ArtList of important art movements in Indian history with links to articles and pictures. |
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| The Puppeteers Article on the traveling puppeteers of India, and their art; includes pictures of a number of painted leather puppets. |
 Daria-DaulatPaintings on the walls of a summer place of Tippu Sultan are both beautiful and historic. |
| Gatekeeper
in Indian Art Depiction of the temple gatekeepers (dwarapalakas) in various forms of Indian art. |
Painted Prayers
of India Rangoli is a simple and beautiful art form from India practiced by women. Includes a large collection of Rangoli designs and patterns |
| Prehistoric Art -- Rock and cave paintings from Bhimabetaka in Central India. |  The Genius of Ravi VarmaNo other painter has captured the essence of Indian culture as Ravi Varma has. See why. |
| Indian Paintings -- List of Paintings online at Kamat's Potpourri | Color and Pageantry -- when the folk-artists from all over Karnataka gathered for a cultural meet, Kamat was there. |
 Alamkara - 5000 Years of Indian ArtOnline exhibit exploring the notion of ornamentation in Indian art in domestic, religious and courtly settings. |
Indian Music Miscellaneous topics on Indian music explore musical instruments, styles, musicians, and other Indian musical trivia |
| M.F. Husain Maqbool Fida Husain is perhaps India's most famous artist of modern times. His flair for bold colors and bolder themes have made him quite controversial as well. |
India by her Artists Daily life in India as expressed by some of India's best known artists. |
 Monochrome MarvelsTill Kamat presented his scholarly analysis of this rapidly vanishing art form, nobody recognized Kavi art as an art form. Nothing has been done since then. |
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Pictures of Indian Art
- "Kinnarijogi" Folk Artist
- "Mysore" by Shuddhodana
- "Savitri and Satyvan" by Artist Ardhenduprasad Banerji
- "Some of the Erotic Arts are in a dilapidated state and need enhancements to study them"
- "Sumangali" -- Portrait of a Traditional Indian Woman
- "The Waiting" -- Painting by Rudrakumar Jha
- "Thou Art Everywhere, But I Worship Thee Here"
- A Call for Worship of Goddess
- A Dilapitated Kavi Mural
- A Door Guardian (Dwarapalaka) in Kavi Art
- A Family of Beggars
- A Folk Artists as a Fearsome Rakshasa (Demon)
- A Horse Rider
- A Keralite Housewife
- A Lady Playing Swarbat
- A Lady Playing Veena Musical Instrument
- A Madhubani Artist at Work
- A Male Folk Artist Dressed as a Queen
- A Metallic Artifact Depicting Lord Shiva and the Snake
- A Model for Indian Drape (saree)
- A Nobleman depcited in Kavi Art
- A Painting by Rudrakumar Jha
- A Panel signed by the sculptor Maba
- A Rangoli Artist of Malleswaram
- A Romantic Couple, Jinanathapura
- A scene from Mrichhakatika play
- A Sculpture of Lord Shiva
- A Spectacular Mixed Metal Sculpture of Ardhanarishwara
- A Street in Malleswaram -- Painting by Artist Shivanand Bekal
- A Temple Artisan at Work
- A Terracotta Artwork at Shantiniketan Campus
- A Wall Mural from Karnataka
- A Woman Artist at Work
- A Yakshagana Artist Poses
- A Young Mother and Her Child
- Accidental Art
- Advertisement for Muslim Women's Fashions
- Advertisement for Shawls
- Advertisement of a Bengali Magician/Fortune Teller
- Advertisement of a Palmist
- Advertisement of Piramal Mills. Mumbai
- Album Art
- Alms Receiver Outside a Temple
- Alpana Ritual Art of the Halakki Tribals
- An Artist puts on Make-up for a Yakshagana Performance
- An Elephant in Ghareva Style Art
- Animal Life Depicted in Period Art
- Animal Motifs in Cave Art
- Animal Motifs in Prehistoric Art
- Arjuna and Subhadra
- Arjuna Sanyasi -- Seduction of Subhadra
- Arjuna's Dejection
- Art By Accident
- Art of Prehostoric Man
- Artist Kamalakshi with her Painting
- Artist Mukta Venkatesh (1902-2003)
- Artist Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906)
- Artist Shuddhodana, Mysore
- Artistic Lamp
- Artistic Nut Cracker
- Ash Covered Face of a Fortune Teller
- Beautiful Kavi Art Painting
- Bhasmasura and Mohini from a Kavi Mural
- Bhishma Lies on the Bed of Arrows
- Bidaram Krishnappa - Vocal Artist
- Bidri Artwork, Bidar District
- Bihari Artists in their Shop
- Birds from Prehistoric Art
- Blind folded Gandhari and a Maid on Balcony
- Bodhisatva with a Lotus in Hand
- Boy Artist Sculpting a Statue of Bose
- Brass Artifacts
- Bronze Statue of a Dancer
- Bronze Statue of Shiva -- Chola Period (1000 A.D.)
- Calendar Art
- Carved Pillar of Gwalior Palace
- Carved Sculpture, Banavasi
- Carved Stone Pillar
- Carving on a Bracket
- Caterpillar Artist (Kambaliyavaru)
- Celestial Creature in Kavi Art
- Celestial Seductress (Apsara)
- Chalukyan Sculpture
- Chalukyan Temple Erotica from Badami
- Chhau Dance -- Masked Dance of Bengal
- Chhau Dancer Shooting an Arrow During Performance
- Children of the Jungle
- Christian Art, Uttara Kannada
- Clothing Advertisement from Calico Mills, Ahmedabad
- Cock Fight
- Coloring of Monochrome Photographs Yields New Form of Art
- Couple Rides Camel on a Sand-dune
- Cover Page of Kamat's Kannada Book on Kavi Art
- Damayanti Talking to a Swan
- Dancing All Night Long for the Gods at Gundabala
- Daughter of the Jungle
- Declaring Religious Allegiance
- Decorative Bamboo Artwork
- Decorative Mats Inspired by Prehistoric Art
- Decpiction of Hanuman in Kavi Art Form
- Depcition of a Tiger in Kavi Art
- Depiction of a Guard
- Depiction of Draupadi in Kavi Art
- Depiction of Hanuman in Kavi Art Form
- Designs from a Sculpted Pillar
- Dhanwantari
- Dilapidated Kavi Murals in a Temple
- Divesting of Draupadi
- Diwali Diya
- Dots are the soul of Rangoli Art
- Dramatist K. V. Subbanna
- Draupadi Dreading to Meet Kichaka
- Durry Art
- Early Morning Art Outside a Tamilian Home
- Elaborately Carved Temple Panels, Khajuraho
- Elephant Headed Ganesh in a Tanjore Gesso Painting
- Ephemeral Dirt Sculpture Erected by a Beggar
- Erotic Art from Sibi Temple
- Example of Jain Fine Art
- Face Painting of a Folk Artist
- Fashionable Daughter of the Jungle
- Feeding of Lord Krishna
- Filler Art for Photo Albums
- Filler-art by K.L.Kamat
- Flowers of Mysore
- Flowers of Mysore
- Flowers of Mysore
- Flowers of Mysore
- Flowers of Mysore -- water color painting by Mukta Venkatesh
- Folk Artist as Lord Krishna
- Folk Artist at a Cultural Fair
- Folk Artist Decorated for a Performance
- Folk Artist in Red Rumal
- Folk Artist of Karnataka
- Folk Artistry on Wall
- Folk Artists as Ramayan Characters
- Folk Artists at a Cultural Meet
- Folk Artists at Mysore
- Gandhi in ASCII Art
- Ganjifa Card
- Ganjifa Playing Card
- Garuda Carrying Gayatri
- Garuda Carrying Lord Vishnu
- Garuda Fights a Snake
- Garuda in a Kavi Mural
- Garuda the King of Birds
- Geetopadesha -- Lord Krishna's war time advice
- Genitalia as Art
- Genius Art Erotica
- Geometric Designs in Kavi Art
- Geometric Designs on Palm Leaf
- Ghareva Art, Madhya Pradesh
- Girl in Sage Kanwa's Hermitage (Rishi-Kanya)
- Girl Playing with a Ball
- Girl Practicing Rangoli Art
- God of the Commons
- Goddess Saraswati
- Goddess Saraswati in a Tanjore style painting
- Go-Hasti: The Kavi Artist Integrates a Cow and an Elephant into one picture
- Graphics from an Education Campaign
- Guru Granth Sahib
- Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil
- Here in the Morning, Gone by the Afternoon
- Hindu Mythological Figure Rawana, Leather Puppet
- Horizontal and Vertical Markings
- Horse Pulled Cart - Painting by Jamini Roy
- Ice Art
- Illustration from a Children's Book
- Indian Cloth Label Print
- Indian Elephant in an Artist's Eye
- Indian Elephants
- Indian Postage Stamp Honoring Art of Jamini Roy
- Ivory Inlay Art Work
- Jain Artifacts from Haduvalli
- Jatayu, a bird devotee of Lord Rama is mauled by Rawana
- Jute Embroidery -- Work of a Rural Artist
- Jyotsna with an Artist of Bayalata
- Kalamkari (Hand Painting) Artisan, Andhra Pradesh
- Kama Shooting the Arrow of Lust
- Kamadhenu in Kavi Art
- Kamaladevi Chattopadhaya
- Kamat's Albums Were Captioned and Illustrated for Storytelling
- Karavali art
- Kavi Art at the Paratgali Monastety, Goa
- Kavi Art Designs on a Temple Wall
- Kavi Art from a Goan Temple
- Kavi Art Mural
- Kavi art of coastal Karnataka
- Kavi Art of Konkan Coast
- Kavi Mural from Karnataka
- Kavi Paintings on a Temple Wall
- Kavi Wall Mural
- Kissing Couple, A Sculpture from Banavasi
- Krishna and the Panchajanya
- Krishna and Yashoda, Painting by Shubharaya
- Krishna as Muralidhar
- Krishna Chariots Arjuna's Cart
- Krishna Dancing with Ladies
- Krishna the Charioteer
- Label Art
- Lady Attending to her Hair Bun
- Lady Giving Alms at the Temple
- Lady Lost in Thought
- Lady with Bird
- Lady with Fruit
- Laxman meets Vali's wife Tara
- Laxmi and Vishnu, Kavi Art, Karnataka
- Life as Usual under the Pepal Tree
- Life Inspires Art
- Lingas of Kedarnath in the Himalayas
- Lions in Hoysala Period Art
- Long time before photography, there was Kavi Art
- Lord Ganesh in Indian Art
- Lord Indra riding the Airavat, the eight trunked elephant
- Lord Krishna and Balaram Liberating their Parents from Kansa's Prison
- Lord Krishna as Ambassador
- Lord of the Land
- Lord Rama Conquers Varuna
- Lord Rama with his Bow
- Lord Shiva in gesso Art work
- Lord Vishnu and Laxmi relaxing on the five-hooded cobra Shesha
- Lord Vishnu as a Wild Boar
- Lord Vishnu in "Kalkyavatar"
- Lord Vishnu in Kavi Art
- Mahatma Gandhi from a Picture Postcard
- Make-believe Decoration
- Making Art with Flowers
- Man Fondles Two Women on a Swing
- Man Gets a Tattoo by Roadside
- Man with Gun on Shoulder
- Mankind's First Art
- Mankind's First Erotic Art?
- Man-Woman -- A piece from Salarjung Museum
- Maratha Ruler Balaji Bajirao (Nana Saheb Peshwa)
- Marvels in Monochrome
- Matchbox Cover Art
- Medieval "Tough Guy"
- Men Pulling Temple Chariot, Bhatkal
- Mermaids in Kavi Art
- Model of Anjali Saree Company
- Monkey Eating Jackfruit
- Mother and Child
- Mrs. Mukta Ventakesh at Work
- Mysore During Dasara
- Mysore Traditional Art
- Mystery Picture!
- Mystical Celestial
- Mythological Painting
- Nala Abandoning wife Damayanti
- Narad-muni with "Tipri" in hands.
- National Poet Kuvempu
- Nawab and a Courtier
- Nawab and coterie
- Pained Face of a Bayalata Dance-Theater Artist
- Painted Face of a Devotee
- Painted Leather Puppet of Hanuman
- Painted Leather Puppet of Kamadhenu the Cow
- Painted Prayers of `Hase` on a Wall
- Painted Wooden Art of Kinnal
- Painted Wooden Art of Kinnala
- Painted Wooden Art of Kinnala
- Painting by K.L.Kamat
- Painting by M. F. Hussain
- Painting by M.F. Husain
- Painting by Mukta Venkatesh
- Painting by Raja Ravi Varma
- Painting of a Lion on a Ganjifa Card
- Painting of Prince Siddharth
- Painting on a Peepal Leaf
- Panel Art Featuring Warriors
- Parashurama represented in Kavi art
- Pictures of Yakshagana Artists
- Portrait of a Yakshagana Artist
- Portrait of Artist Amrita Sher-Gill
- Portrait of Artist Ravi Varma (1848-1906)
- Portrait of Lord Shiva
- Portrait of Madan Mohan Malaviya
- Portrait of Raja Ravi Varma
- Precious Stones and Golden Artwork
- Prehistoric Arts of India
- Profile of Rama Temple featuring Kavi Art
- Queen of Jhansi, Laxmibai
- Raga Megha-Malhara
- Raghavendra Swamiji of Mantralaya
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1774-1833)
- Rams Fighting
- Rangoli Artist Ravindra More
- Rangoli Artist Trimbak Joshi of Thane
- Rangoli Ritual Art of the Halakki Tribals
- Rangoli to Welcome God
- Romance of Lord Vishnu and Wife Laxmi
- Romancing Couple -- Painting by Raja Ravi Varma.
- Royal Courtesan and her Pet
- Rural Woman Creating a Painted Prayer
- Rural Woman Painting the Hase Rangoli on Wall
- Sacred Body Art
- Sant Shubharay Maharaj
- Saree Art
- Scene from Mrichakatika
- Sculpted Chandela Temples Depicting Erotica
- Sculpture from a Temple of Shiva
- Sculpture of a female worshiper
- Sculpture of a Jain Ascetic
- Sculpture of Standing Vishnu
- Seduction of Vishwamitra
- Seven Hooded Serpent
- Shakuntala by Ravi Varma
- Shakuntala Composes a Message
- Shakuntala Composing a Love Letter to King Dushyanta
- Shakuntala Looking for Dushyanta
- Shakuntala's Love Letter
- Shambhu Mitra, a great Bengali playwright in 1980
- Shanmugam (Karthikeya) on a peacock
- Shantanu and Matsyagandha
- Shiva with Parvati and Ganesh
- Signboard of a Sex Clinic
- Social Themes Depicted in the Sculptures of Sanchi
- Solitary Maiden
- Sri Krishna and Balarama
- Stone Panel in Hoysala Architecture
- Sunflowers -- water color by Mukta Venkatesh
- Swarbat Player - Close-up
- Tattoo of a Tribal Woman
- Tattoos of a Tribal Woman
- Tattoos of the Baiga Tribe
- Temple Art
- Temple Art of Cheluvanarayana Temple
- Temple Decorated with Kavi Art
- Temple Guardian -- from a wall mural in Karnataka
- Temple on Wheels (Ratha)
- Terra-cotta Artist at Work
- The Birth of Bangladesh
- The Chamundi Hill
- The Ephemeral Art of Rangoli
- The Flow of Life
- The Forest
- The Girl from Malabar
- The Heartbroken
- The Henna Art of the Feet of a Bride
- The Henna Tattoo on the Palms of a Bride
- The Horn Magician -- Folk Artist in a Festival Mask
- The Iyengars have been in the forefront of arts, science, & literature
- The Mehendi (henna) on a Bride's Hands
- The Multi-faceted Shiavaram Karanth
- The Nilanjan Lamp
- The Orchestra by Raja Ravi Varma
- The Portrait of Sun (Surya)
- The Sacred Body Art
- The Sari is Not a Deterrent to this Ephemeral Artist
- The Stage for a performance of String Yakshagana
- The Tamasha Folkdance
- The Teaching of Bhagawad-Gita
- The Veena
- Three-legged Shrungi with Priest
- Tribal Woman and her Décor
- Two Panels of a Gokarn Temple Hero-stones
- Uma and Shiva in a Game of Love
- Use of Eagles as Messengers
- Varieties of Carts and Chariots found in Prehistoric Art
- Veena Artist Ananthasubbayya
- Victory of Meghanada by Raja Ravi Varma
- Village Belle
- Village Belle with Brass Pots
- Village Nobleman with Sword
- Vishnu as Vaman the Dwarf
- Vishnu flies with his two wives on "Garuda."
- Waiting for the Ferryman
- Warrior with a Bow
- Water Color Painting by Mukta Venkatesh
- Wax Cast Aluminum Anklet (Paiti) in Ghareva Art, Bastar
- Way to Nanjanagudu
- When the Ear Speaks
- Window Decorated with Kavi Art
- Windows as Showpieces of Art
- Woman Artist
- Woman Hand-grinding Grains
- Woman Lost in Thought
- Woman Paints Pots
- Woman Paints Wooden Table, Sondur
- Woman with a Fan
- Women Dancers
- Wrestling Contest
- Wrestling Scene
- Yaksha of Kalidasa's Meghadut Speaking to Clouds
- Yakshagana Artist Puts on Makeup
- Yashoda Settling a Quarrel Between Krishna and Balaram
Artists of India
- Folk Artists of Karnataka -- Color pictures of folk artists gathered for a cultural meet.
- Sitar and the Maestro -- Ravishankar
- Veena and the Maestro -- Doraiswamy Iyengar
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