{"id":116268,"date":"2021-07-03T20:59:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T15:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=116268"},"modified":"2021-07-06T16:28:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T10:58:14","slug":"folk-artists-as-record-keepers-of-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/folk-artists-as-record-keepers-of-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Folk artists as record-keepers of the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.livemint.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=3726742963&amp;imageview=0\"><strong>Livemint<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>For perhaps the first time, folk and tribal artists around the country have been united by a common theme: covid-19.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Key Paintings mentioned in the Article:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>About Madhubani Painting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Madhubani painting <\/strong>is also referred to as Mithila Art as it flourishes in the Mithila region of Bihar.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Method<\/strong>: The paintings are done with mineral pigments prepared by the artists. The work is done on freshly plastered or a mud wall. For commercial purposes, the work is now being done on paper, cloth, canvas, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Style: <\/strong>This style of painting has been traditionally done by the women of the region. Today, men are also involved to meet the demand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance: <\/strong>These paintings are popular because of their tribal motifs and use of bright earthy colours.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Colours: <\/strong>The colours used in paintings comprise natural extracts from plants and other natural sources. E.g.: Black colour is obtained by mixing soot with cow dung; blue from indigo, among others.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Themes<\/strong>: Figures from nature &amp; mythology are adapted to suit their style. The themes &amp; designs widely painted are of Hindu deities such as Krishna, Rama, Saraswati, wedding scenes among others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Pattachitra Painting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pm-praises-pattachitra-painting\/\">Click Here to Read<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Phad Painting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Phad painting <\/strong>or phad is a style of religious scroll painting and folk painting practiced in Rajasthan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>This style of painting <\/strong>is traditionally done on a long piece of cloth or canvas known as phad.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The paintings depict<\/strong> the narratives of the folk deities of Rajasthan, mostly of Devnarayan Ji (a reincarnation of Vishnu) and Pabuji (a local hero).<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Bhopas, <\/strong>the priest-singers, traditionally carry the painted phads along with them and use these as the mobile temples of the folk deities, who are worshipped by the Rebari community of the region.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Colours: <\/strong>Traditionally, the phads are painted with vegetable colors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Gond Paintings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gond paintings <\/strong>are a form of painting from folk and tribal art that is practiced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nagoba-jatara-festival\/\">Gond tribe.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>The paintings <\/strong>can best be described as \u2018on line work\u2019 that has an immediate effect on the viewer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Livemint What is the News? For perhaps the first time, folk and tribal artists around the country have been united by a common theme: covid-19. Key Paintings mentioned in the Article: About Madhubani Painting: Madhubani painting is also referred to as Mithila Art as it flourishes in the Mithila region of Bihar. Method: The&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/folk-artists-as-record-keepers-of-the-pandemic\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Folk artists as record-keepers of the pandemic<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,7965,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1701437001},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}