Using the style of Raja Ravi Varma's painting, I developed a style of my own and used the topic Unseen beauty to showcase it.

1. THE UNSEEN
BEAUTY
-RAJA RAVI VARMA
TESS ANN THOMAS
B.DES COMMUNICATION DESIGN
HISTORY OF DESIGN
SEMESTER 1
MENTORS
ASSOC.PROF.DR.GOMATHI
GOWDA
ASST.PROF.ASHWINI KALYANI

2. RAJA RAVI VARMA
(1848-1904)
One of the greatest painters of Indian
art who is known as the father figure
of modern Indian art.
Also closely related with royal family
of Travancore.
His works were best examples of
European academic art with a purely
Indian sensibility and iconography. PHOTOGRAPH OF RAJA RAVI
VARMA (VIA STORY PIC)

3. LEGACY
Availability of affordable lithograph to the
public contributed to Raja Ravi Varma's
popularity as a painter and public figure.
Mostly painted mythological events and
women in general.
INDIAN MYTHOLOGICAL LITHOGRAPHS
BY RAJA RAVI VARMA (VIA SUNDAY
GUARDIAN LIVE).

4. "HERE COMES PAPA" - RAJA
RAVI VARMA (VIA ETSY)
"LADY WITH A LEMON" BY
RAJA RAVI VARMA (VIA
PINTEREST)

5. '"LADY WITH A LEMON"
RECREATION BY TESS.

6. "NAIR LADY" BY TESS

7. SHRIA - BY TESS SOBHIKA - BY TESS

8. RAJESHWARI - BY TESS ROJHA - BY TESS

9. LIZ THOMAS - BY TESS

10. REFERENCES
Pillai, Manu.S., Ivory Throne, Chronicles of the house of Travancore,
India, Harper Collins publishers, 2016.
Sen, Geeti, Feminine Fables, Imaging the Indian women in painting,
Photography and Cinema, India, Mapin Publishing, 2002.
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www.wikipedia.com
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11. THANK YOU