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Artistic expressions
M. BALAGANESSIN
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Over 80 students learnt Tanjore painting at a ten-day free training programme.
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Learning nuances: The students with their painter-teacher.
It was a rare opportunity for a group of students from Pudukottai to spend their summer vacation with a focussed objective: to learn the nuances of Tanjore painting. A ten-day free training programme, organised under the auspices of the Government Museum in Pudukottai recently, was enough to kindle their interest to learn a lot about this art from the hoary past, which originated during the Nayak and Maratha perio
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Over 80 boys and girls drawn from 25 educational institutions situated in Pudukottai town and the surrounding areas are enthusiastically participating in this camp organised with the objective of popularising the famous Tanjore painting, particularly among the younger generation.
The resource person, M. Ayyappa, a noted painter, not only traced the origin of the art but also explained its unique features and styles.
Each Tanjore painting represents one main figure of a deity, with an arch-like or rounded enclosure.
Brightening technique
The gem-set strategy and gilding made these paintings colourful and bright with beautiful and glittering shades.
Students also learnt how the use of exotic media such as murals and ivory added to the images.
They underwent a special training on the use of specific paints for a particular object in the painting. For instance, golden shades are required for the royal or holy thrones, huge arches and giant pillars. “What is more important is that the eyes should be almond-shaped,” he specifies.
Special attention should be paid to the ornaments and costumes to suit the image of the deity.
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