Miniature painting - The Indian Art

Miniature painting is defined relative to the size and proportion of the element to the real object or technique used. The art began in the western world and it contains many types of painting portraits of saints and angels. It has various scenes of daily life in the middle Ages are also in this division of the arts.

Miniatures are one of the many things that make one proud of its rich Indian cultural heritage. Miniature paintings come far in the history of India. Indian Miniature paintings can be classified as wall paintings and miniatures. Murals are huge works executed on the walls of solid structures in the caves of Ajanta and temple Kailashnath.

Miniature is a painting style and technique, and as a wall-sized work could be painted "in miniature. It’s like what many people do when they want to show love and care for their loved ones and take a position on the photo with them.

The miniatures are executed in a very small scale of perishable materials such as paper and cloth. The Palas of Bengal were the pioneers of miniature painting in India. The art of miniature painting reached its zenith during the Mughal period. The tradition of miniature painting has been postponed by the painters of different Rajasthani schools of painting as Bundi, Kishangarh, Jaipur, Marwar and Mewar. Ragamala paintings also belong to this school.

Miniature is an art form, which is a very rich history that continues to this day, artists from around the world. Beautiful miniature decorative elements should be retained regardless of pieces of large, complex, or intimate hand held works.