Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c76.187

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On Vartikā and brush we shall say something again (vide Chapter VIII of this part). Let us now come to the topic of the background. The preparation of the background, on which the pictorial representations are to be drawn by the artist, is the first and the foremost of the canons of painting. This technique of the art is technically known as Bhūmibandha(after which the title of the 72nd Chapter of the S.S.goes). It forms an integral part of the training of a painter.