5 Folk Art Forms in INDIA

5 Folk Art Forms in INDIA

                   Here, in INDIA, We have different types of Art forms & the forms of arts were from different places from INDIA. Now here we have top most famous 5 forms of art from INDIA.


PATACHITRA ART :- 

This special painting on cloth is a special art form of Orissa. To make the canvas, the painters use fine Gauze-like clothes, which they fortify with tamarind, chalk powder and gum. PATACHITRA can be dated back to the 5th century BC. The painting adorn the stories of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, and the loyal deity Lord Jagannath. 


TANJORE ART :-

Southern Tamil Nadu is famous for it's TANJORE paintings.
The paintings are made with semi-precious stones, glass and gold. The characters of these paintings are mainly Gods and Goddesses with large round faces and embellished designs. This art form flourished around 16th to 18th century. 


MADHUBANI ART :-

The folk painting of Bihar is known as MADHUBANI ART or MAITHILI ART. 
The paintings are developed on various geometrical design and the characters are portrayed with large soulful eyes and a colorful environment. Stories from mythologies and Lord Krishna are depicted in these paintings.


BENGAL PAT ART :-

Pairings are made with dyes made from spices, earth, soot, etc. and reflects the life  and times of the society and folklore. The traditional colors used are red, indigo, green, black and ochre.
This art form developed hundreds of years back when roaming minstrels used to sing about incidents of the distant past and popular love to villagers.   


KALAMKARI ART :-

This style of painting has got it's name from the method of craftsmanship - 'kalam' meaning pen and 'kari' meaning work. The artists use fine pens made of bamboo dipped in vegetable dyes to draw. This style of painting was developed in Kalahasti near Chennai and Masulipatnam near Hyderabad.

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