Guest lecture on Rajasthani School of Paintings

The Department of History organized a series of Guest lectures on Rajasthani School of Paintings by Dr. Kanupriya Rathore (Assistant Professor) from the Department of Visual Arts on 27th and 29th January 2016. Dr. Kanupriya Rathore discussed that the 16th century saw the rise different schools of Painting  in Rajasthan such as Mewar School, Marwar school, Jaipur School, Krishangarh School, Bundi, Bikaner School. Rājasthānī painting differs from the Mughal painting of the imperial ateliers at Delhi and the provincial courts in its bolder use of colour, an abstract and conventionalized conception of the human figure, and an ornamental treatment of landscape. However a lot of Mughal influence is seen in the painting of the state that served the Mughals as Mansabdars like Amber, Marwar, Kota etc.