why is madhubani pating so famous

1. MADHUBANI
ART OF
BIHAR
ENGLISH
By sai samarth L

2. WHY ARE MADHUBANI PAINTING SO
FAMOUS

3. 1.ITS
ORIGIN
AND
HISTORY

4. 1.ITS
ORIGIN
AND
HISTORY
• According to many historian studies, the
origin of the Madhubani painting can be
traced back to the Ramayana era when
Sita’s father, Raja Janaka request that a
large number of artists should decorate
the whole kingdom with this form of art
during Sita’s wedding. This is one of the
reasons why the Madhubani paintings are
often based on religious themes like the
paintings of gods like Lord Krishna and
scenes from the Ramayana era. This is
one of the reasons why the Madhubani
paintings are often seen in most religious
households.

5. 2.UNIQUE
STYLE AND
DESIGN OF
THE
PAINTING

6. 2.UNIQUE
STYLE
AND
DESIGN
OF THE
PAINTING
• The Madhubani paintings are often
painted with fingers, twigs and
matchsticks and also pen nibs in recent
times. It is often painted with natural
bright colors which are often made using
a paste of cow dung and mud to provide
it with a better texture. The outline of the
painting usually has its framework made
from rice paste. The juice of kusum flower
is often used for crimson hue, blue from
indigo, turmeric extract for yellow, red
from sandalwood and so on. The artists
often used different natural materials for
their color needs.

7. 3.THE DISCOVERY OF THE
MADHUBANI PAINTINGS

8. 3.THE
DISCOVERY
OF THE
MADHUBANI
PAINTINGS
• Before 1930, the rare Madhubani
paintings were not known to people that
lived outside the Madhubani region. But
in 1934, the city of Bihar experienced a
major earthquake and a British officer of
the Madhubani area who admired Indian
art and culture noticed these unique arts
on the damaged walls of Madhubani
during his inspection. The officer’s name
was William G. Archer and he was the
one that introduced this unique art to the
people that reside outside Madhubani.

9. 4.IT PREVENTS DEFORESTATION

10. 4.IT PREVENTS
DEFORESTATION
• This fact is not known to many but
Madhubani artists use the Madhubani art
as a way to prevent trees from being cut
down. This unique art was not created
just for decorations, Madhubani artists
make these paintings on trees depicting
Hindu gods and strong religious beliefs in
the region prevents people from cutting
them down.

11. 5.GEOMETRIC DESIGN

12. 5.GEOMETRIC
DESIGN
• This is one of the reasons why the
Madhubani art is famous in the modern
world. These paintings often have
geometric patterns and bright colors.
These geometric patterns are often used
to symbolize valor, devotion, love,
fertility, peace and prosperity.

13. 6. SKETCH

14. 6.NO
SKETCH
• The artists of Madhubani often make use
of bold hues in order to draw geometric
patterns and floral designs. One of the
things that make this unique art famous is
the fact that it is often created without the
use of sketch. This is one of the reasons
why it is also very different from other
forms of paintings.

15. 7.IT HAS MANY
DEDICATED
ORGANIZATIONS

16. 7.DEDICATED ORGANIZATIONS
• There are several dedicated organizations
that work to support this unique form of
Indian art. There are a lot of galleries that
contain Madhubani paintings both in
India and in other countries. These
organizations also work with the
Madhubani artists to promote this form of
art.

17. 8.INTERNATIONAL
DEMAND FOR THE
MADHUBANI PAINTINGS
• .

18. INTERNATIONAL
DEMAND FOR
THE MADHUBANI
PAINTINGS
• The Madhubani paintings have also
become very popular in Japan and it is
also well appreciated and renowned in
several other countries also.

19. 9.IT IS USED FOR WALL DESIGN AND
TEXTILE DESIGN

20. 9.IT IS
USED FOR
WALL
DESIGN
AND
TEXTILE
DESIGN
• Since the creation of this unique form of
art, the Madhubani painting have been
used to decorate walls of houses in the
Madhubani area. It was a tradition for the
Madhubani people. It was often done by
the women during special occasions. In
the modern world, the Madhubani art has
also been used to design textile products
like sarees, dupattas and salwar suits.

21. 10.IT HAS A CONCEPT

22. 10.IT HAS
A
CONCEPT
• The Madhubani paintings are often drawn
according to a fixed theme and
accordingly lines, patterns and symbols
are drawn by the Madhubani artists. For
example, the fish symbol is often used to
represent fertility, procreation and good
luck while peacocks are often used to
symbolize religion, love and romance and
serpents stand are often used to represent
divine protectors.

23. THANK YOU
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