Mural painting in Kerala (Study)
by K. I. Treesa | 1999 | 34,068 words
This essay studies the Mural painting in Kerala with special reference to the Visnudharmottara-purana, which is considered the oldest work on traditional Indian painting written in Sanskrit. Chapters 35 to 43 of this work cover various painting techniques and the science of aesthetics. This essay attempts to connect mural painting traditions in Ker...
6. History of Japan Paintings
[Cf. Krishna Chaitanya: A History of Indian Painting The Mural Tradtion, Abhinav Publication New Delhi - 1976. P.55]
As a homage to the past, the prince Umayado is known as the Saint of Sanctity in the history. He constructed a temple at Horiyuji at Nara. The fresco paintings founded here are believed to be either brought from Korea & China or painted by the artists of Japan itself. The paintings included a group of Goddesses, the saint Sakya,
126 Amitabha Bajsajya Guru, Rathna Sambava all are the disciples of Sribudda. The golden Crown adorned with flowers, garlands, braselet on the shoulders etc found among the paintings indicate Ajanthan model paintings. The beautiful parts of body indicates the reincarnation of Ajantan beauty. Apart from beauty this paintings are the symbols of Super humans. In Mandala painting, Lichen with ten helpers and Mantrayana Sutra are found. In one painting we see Buda, Bodhisatva, Siva belonging to Hindu devas, Visnu, Brahma Ganapati, Uma Saraswathy etc. All this paintings have been enormously influenced by the Japanese culture.