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Summary Survey of Orissan Painting
| Title: | Summary Survey of Orissan Painting | | Author: | Gangoly, O.C. | | Publication: | Marg | | Enumeration: | Vol. 8 Issue no. 4; September 1955, p. 47-56 + 1 unnumbered leaf after p. 56 | | Abstract: | Pictorial art in Orissa has the following historical landmarks: fragments of frescos at the Khandagiri and Udayagiri caves (Bhubaneswar) datable to the time of Kharavela and his sons Kedepa and Badhuka (2nd century BCE); the fresco (depicting a procession of elephants and horses) at Ravanachhaya dated to the 6th century CE; the so-called Ramanuja painting at Jagannath Puri (12th century); the fresco recording the Kanchi-Kaveri expedition of Raja Purusottama Deva (1489) on a wall of the Jagannath temple; and the illustrated palm-leaf and paper manuscripts of Orissa (from the 16th century). Most of the miniatures of Orissa are incised drawings, engraved by a needle or stylo, while others are painted on paper with brilliant colours and have affinities with Rajasthan miniatures. Examples of both palm-leaf and paper miniatures are illustrated and described. The icon or pata paintings of Puri came into being with the temple of Puri, and the tradition has been kept alive by the demands of pilgrims. Their peculiar technique is probably derived from primitive forms of aboriginal art once current in Orissa or the neighbouring areas of Maha-Kosala. Source of Abstract: Provided by Publisher | | Tools: |
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