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Painting is the most commonly accepted form of art that is popular in all places throughout the world. Painting is not about spreading colours on canvas but also expressing your thoughts and ideas through colours and drawings. As we all know, the art form of painting dates back to some 32,000 years when men used to engrave on the walls of the caves. Eventually, there has been a great evolution in the painting style, medium and ways of expression. Different artists use different types of painting style.
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Some of the basic modes of painting that we all are acquainted with are as follows:
Landscape Painting: Landscape is the drawings on nature or outdoor scenes. Land, water, sunlight, air and all other natural elements are counted in landscape painting.
Portrait Painting: The drawing of the image of a person or animal is termed as portrait.
Still life Painting: Still paintings comprise of flowers, trees, instruments, foods etc. the paintings of still life is done in various shades of light.
Real Life Painting: This form of painting captures the various actions of daily life such as market place, traffic on road, a get together etc.
Religious Painting: this art form depicts the various idols of gods and goddesses of different religion.
Even the broad divisions of paintings can be subdivided. In portrait, there are a lot of subdivision in accordance to the angel and style of its creation. Portrait can be divided in the following types in relation to individuals, groups, couples and self portraits.
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Individual Portraits
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Group Portraits: Formal and Informal
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Wedding or Betrothal Portraits
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Self-portrait
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Discussion Points
India is a country that is considered as one of the most ancient nation to develop the rat of painting. In India alone, there are various schools of painting according to the period and age they represent. Each school of painting has its individual style. Scroll down to know about the types of Indian paintings:
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Satavahana Paintings (2nd century B.C. to 2nd century A,D.)
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Kushana School of Paintings (1st to 3rd century A.D.)
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Gupta Period Paintings (4th too 6th century A.D.)
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Vakataka Paintings (4th to 6th century A.D.)
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Early Western Chalukya Paintings (6th to 8th century A.D.)
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Bhanja Paintings (8th century A.D.)
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Pallava Paintings (7th to 9th century A.D.)
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Early Pandyan Paintings (7th to 9th century A.D.)
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Early Chera Paintings (8th to 9th century A.D.)
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Rashtrakuta Paintings (8th to 10th century A.D.)
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Chola School of Paintings (9th to 13th century A.D.)
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Hoysala Paintings (11th to 13th century A.D.)
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Kakatiya Paintings (11th to 13th century A.D.)
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Vijayanagara Paintings (14th to 17th century A.D.)
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Nayaka Period Paintings (17th to 18th century A.D.)
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Paintings of Medieval Kerala (16th to 18th century A.D.)
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Pala and Medieval Eastern School of Paintings (9th to 16th century A.D.)
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Medieval Western Paintings (11th to 15th century A.D.)
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Mogul Paintings (16th to 18th century A.D.)
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Rajasthani and Pahari Paintings (16th to 19th century A.D.)
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Deccani or Dakhani Paintings (17th to 19th century A.D.)
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Mysore and Tanjore Traditional Paintings (17th to 19th century A.D.)
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