India is a land of creativity and culture. Here every state has its own special art form. Madhubani Paintings are the folk art of Bihar. These paintings were originally painted by the women to decorate their house walls and doors in order to seek God’s blessing in the form of prosperity and peace. Madhubani paintings were painted with natural colors using a paste of cow dung and mud to give a better texture to the walls. Madhubani paintings are usually based on the religious themes like the images of ancient lords like Lord Krishna, scenes from Ramayana, etc.
Later floral paintings too became a part of Madhubani Art. These paintings looked alluring due to its geometric designs and vibrant colors. Madhubani paintings are also known as Godhna, Maithili, Chitra figure paintings. Today Madhubani art has received immense commercialization, it can be seen on sarees, dupattas, salwar suits, etc.
Some notable characteristics of Madhubani paintings are:
- Painters make use of bold hues in order to draw the geometric designs and the floral patterns.
- Madhubani paintings are drawn in accordance with a fixed theme and accordingly symbols, lines, patterns are drawn. For instance, the symbol fish stands for fertility, good luck and procreation whereas peacocks usually indicate love, religion and romance, serpents stand for divine protectors and so on.
- The are also characterized by the huge bulging eyes, bumping nose on the forehead of the human-like figures.
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