Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c14.276

c14.276

Wall painting, break up of the ancient tradition between the 9th to 12th century, 14. Western Indian Painting; work done by various scholars, 1; source for sociological studies, 2; the paucity of documents due to Muslim invasion, 2; some outstanding characteristics, 4–5; its linear concept, 32; stereotyped paintings give at times erroneous impressions of the school, 68; first use of gold, 88; technical processes followed, 98; treatment of human figures, 99 ff.; treatment of animal figures, 106–107; treatment of nature, 108–109; the problems of composition, 110–111; decorative ornaments, 112; Western Indian Painting as one of the few sources for the history of Indian textiles and costumes, 114; Indian costumes and ornaments as depicted in Western Indian painting, 120 ff.; aesthetic consideration, 129 ff. Western Indian School, its certain characteristics in formative stages, 18; its widespread influence as far as Nepāl and Orissa, 18–19; its influence on Pagan frescoes, 19; its conventions exercised great influence everywhere in India and also abroad, 21; different views about its nomenclature; by Dr. Norman Brown, 23; author’s view about its nomenclature, 24 ff.; different periods of its stylistic development, 26–27. Whites, obtained from burnt conch-shell, lead, zinc and kaolin, 76–77. Wooden panel, used for painting, and account keeping, 74.