Government of IndiaKalighat paintings and drawings
Editor: Mukherjee, Indranil
Keywords: Painting
Watercolor painting, Bengali
Drawing
Publisher: Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata
Description: The video documents the popular art form of Kalighat painting. The Kalighat painting emerged as a unique style of painting in the 19th century Kolkata. These paintings recorded the fast changes that were occurring in the lifestyles, values and technology. The paintings were developed by traditional scroll painters called patuas. They brought a change in their visual language as there was a rising demand among the urban buyers for Western style images. So the linear narratives of their paintings changed to single images with one or two figures. It became a hybrid form where traditional techniques and iconography were deployed alongside Western techniques and mediums like watercolours and Western academic shading.
Source: Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre
Type: Video
Received From: Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.editor | Mukherjee, Indranil |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-03T18:00:27Z |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-03T18:00:27Z |
| dc.description | The video documents the popular art form of Kalighat painting. The Kalighat painting emerged as a unique style of painting in the 19th century Kolkata. These paintings recorded the fast changes that were occurring in the lifestyles, values and technology. The paintings were developed by traditional scroll painters called patuas. They brought a change in their visual language as there was a rising demand among the urban buyers for Western style images. So the linear narratives of their paintings changed to single images with one or two figures. It became a hybrid form where traditional techniques and iconography were deployed alongside Western techniques and mediums like watercolours and Western academic shading. |
| dc.source | Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre |
| dc.format.mimetype | text/html |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.publisher | Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata |
| dc.subject | Painting Watercolor painting, Bengali Drawing |
| dc.type | Video |
| dc.format.medium | video |
| dc.contributor.director | Mitra, Raja |
| dc.format.duration | 0:21:11 |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.editor | Mukherjee, Indranil |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-03T18:00:27Z |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-03T18:00:27Z |
| dc.description | The video documents the popular art form of Kalighat painting. The Kalighat painting emerged as a unique style of painting in the 19th century Kolkata. These paintings recorded the fast changes that were occurring in the lifestyles, values and technology. The paintings were developed by traditional scroll painters called patuas. They brought a change in their visual language as there was a rising demand among the urban buyers for Western style images. So the linear narratives of their paintings changed to single images with one or two figures. It became a hybrid form where traditional techniques and iconography were deployed alongside Western techniques and mediums like watercolours and Western academic shading. |
| dc.source | Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre |
| dc.format.mimetype | text/html |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.publisher | Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata |
| dc.subject | Painting Watercolor painting, Bengali Drawing |
| dc.type | Video |
| dc.format.medium | video |
| dc.contributor.director | Mitra, Raja |
| dc.format.duration | 0:21:11 |
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