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Underrepresentation of Female Painters in History of art

October 29, 2020April 27, 2021 Tanya Mittal 0 Comments 18th century, 21st century, Art, art forms, art history, Art work, artist, Bindi, Collectors, Colours, European art, Exhibition, Expression, Female artists, freedom, Gender bias, History, Illustrator, Indian art, inequality, medium, modern art, Modern artists, modernism, Novelist, Novels, opportunity, oppression, painters, patriarchy, Patrons, Perception, Performance, Photography, Power, Recognition, sculptors, Sociology, Suppressed, Women

Women have faced several obstacles in the field of art, be it training, trading, or even gaining recognition. Despite the odds, they have kept on going – to the extent that they have made historical movements out of it. The struggle still continues but clearly, there is no stopping them.

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Mythology: As Represented In Indian Paintings

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Ritika Soun 0 Comments ancient tales, Art, art history, artists, artwork, Belief, colors, composition, contemporary, creativity, decoration, History, imagery, imagination, immortal, Indian art, Indian Mythology, Indian paintings, Indian Traditions, inspiration, logic, Mahabharata, modernism, motif, Mythology, narration, naturalistic, Oral tradition, outlook, painters, painting, past, past traditions, primitive, Puranas, Puranic, Ramayana, Religion, resonance, science, Spirituality, stories, symbolism, Tradition, traditionalism, Upanishads, uplift, Utopia

We all grew up reading mythological stories either from comic books, or we listened to our grandparents narrate it to us – almost as if they were a part of it. These stories would paint too many pictures inside our heads back then, but out there in the real world, they have been represented by many talented artists. Can we correlate?