Palm Leaf Etchings of OrissaThis Book Is On The Drawings In The Palmleaf Manuscripts Of Orissa Drawn By The Scribes-Artists Who; Had No Family Background Of Art, No Training From Any Teacher.These Drawings Are Not Drawn By Pen Or Pencil But Etched By The Help Of An Iron Needle Called Style On Dry Palmleaves.They Are Based On The Text Of The Manuscripts And The Artists Have Shown Their Individuality In Their Drawings. They Are Successful In Expressing Their Feelings Through A Few Lines, Which They Have Drawn Spontaneously, But Precisely Within A Limited Space Of One To Two Inches (Which Is The Breadth Of The Palmleaf). |
Contents
The Background | 1 |
Oriya Manuscripts and Illustrations | 10 |
Rupabheda | 20 |
Line | 33 |
Conventional Forms of Anatomy and Draperies | 48 |
The Flora | 63 |
Architecture | 71 |
Amorous Compositions | 79 |
Craft in Art | 119 |
Influences | 121 |
Comparison to Other Regional Styles | 124 |
Palm Leaf Illustrations Outside Orissa | 126 |
Gadi Ghar or the Library | 129 |
A Dying Art | 131 |
Conclusion | 134 |
List of Illustrations | 136 |
Classification of Artists | 93 |
Social and Economic Condition of Scribes and Illustrators | 97 |
The Illustrative Quality | 99 |
Individuality | 114 |
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Common terms and phrases
Ajanta Amarusataka anatomy Aniruddha artist has shown Balaram Banamala beautiful body Brahmin breasts century character Chitra composition costume Dambaru damsel dance decorated depicted Deva dhoti drapery Draupadi drawings drawn dress dupatta Dushasana dynasty English translation erotic ETCHINGS OF ORISSA expression eyes face female figures Gadi Ghar Gita Govinda Gunjam hair hand handmaid head Hindu human illustrated manuscripts Indian painting Jagannatha Kalanchi Kavyas Kayastha Keonjhar Kharavela king Kirtan Kirtan Madhuri Konark Krupasindhu Janana lady Lavanyavati legs Mahabharata Moghul Mughal Nataka Orissa Orissan sculpture Oriya literature Oriya script ornaments palace PALM LEAF ETCHINGS palm leaf illustrations palm leaf manuscripts Patnaik poet postures R.N. Prusty Radha Radha and Krishna Raga Raja Rajasthani Rama Ratha Rati Bandha Rupabheda Sarala Das scene sexual congress Similarly sitting pose Siva stories style Sundari Tantra temple sculpture trees Unknown Upendra Bhanja Usha Ushabhilasa Ushaharan Vidagdha Vilasa village waist करे ये से