Name: Firdausi's Shahnameh
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
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Question

Write a note on the Kalighat paintings.

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During the nineteenth century, the tradition of painting was particularly popular in Bengal. It can be described as follows:

This tradition was known as Kalighat Paintings. Initially, here scroll paintings were very popular. The painters painted mythological themes and images of gods and goddesses. But the style was non-realistic and non-lifelike.

Gradually, surroundings circumstances influenced the painters a lot. Through their paintings, the painters wanted to describe their fear, anger, and contempt against things that they considered went against the generally accepted social norms.

After the establishment of the press, paintings for the mass market were also produced. With the rise of nationalism, painters depicted nationalist messages through paintings.

Write a note on the Kalighat paintings.

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