Rajiv Mandal1,*, Yang Xianyi1, Wang Meiyan1
1School of Art & Design, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China, 430070.
*Corespinding Author. Email: rajivmandal9@gmail.com
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Abstract
History of Chinese scroll painting and Bengal pata painting as well as Kalighat pata painting is very old and vide. Mainly the scroll paintings carrying different stories and episodes of different Epics, Mythological stories, activities with landscapes and daily life ornamentations. This paper is carrying the historical description of Scroll paintings from Far East and India. Chinese scroll paintings reflect stories and activities with landscapes, flowers, birds, poems and the massages were the Chinese characters played an important role as well. The Chinese scroll painting is an important source to the linage of the traditional painting to modern. It depicts from court to individual memorable events and stories. Bengal pata paintings developed to reflect a variety of themes of Myth and the other historical events. The artists depict Hindu Gods, Goddesses and other mythological characters and their stories as the episodes from Vedas, Puranas and Mangal Kavyas. Bengal scroll also reflects the history as well as the social and cultural daily life activities; at the time of colonial period especially in Kalighat pata painting.
Keywords: Ornamentation, Chinese Scroll Painting, Landscapes and Daily Life Activities, Bengal Pata Painting, Mythical Stories, Chitrakar, Patuas, Kalighat Pata Painting.