THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE: AJANTA AND ITS FRESCO

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  • NIVEDITA CHOUBEY Assistant Professor (Fine Arts) Navyug Arts and Commerce College, Jabalpur (M.P.)

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Abstract

Among Indians, the love of colour and design is so deeply ingrained that from the earliest times they created paintings and drawings even during the periods of history for which we have no direct evidence. Indian sculpture is famous in all over world. Ajanta is a great example of Indian iconography. Painting is one of the most delicate forms of art giving expression to human thoughts and feelings through the media of line and colour. Many thousands of years before the dawn of history, when man was only a cave dweller, he painted his rock shelters to satisfy his aesthetic sensitivity and creative urge.

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Published

2016-11-30

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Vol. 2 No. 10 (2016): November 2016

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