An art workshop on Tanjore painting is being organised online. The art lovers and aspirants can learn the ages old art form on Facebook Live of Radical Educational Classes. The two day workshop began on Tuesday. Participants need to carry thier canvas, brush set and acrylic colours before they get into the online classes. On the first day, the participants were told about Tanjore art and its origons. The basic strokes were the highlight of the first day. It is to be noted that Thanjavur painting is a classical South Indian painting style, which was inaugurated from the town of Thanjavur anglicized as Tanjore and spread across the adjoining and geographically contiguous Tamil country. The art form draws its immediate resources and inspiration from way back about 1600 AD, a period when the Nayakas of Thanjavur under the suzerainty of the Vijayanagara Rayas encouraged art chiefly, classical dance and music as well as literature, both in Telugu and Tamil and painting of chiefly Hindu religious subjects in temples. It is distinguished by its famous gold coating. Thanjavur Paintings ar mostly subjected To Hindu God, Goddesses and Saints episodes from Hindu Relics or Religious texts visualized and sketched in the painting. A typical Tanjore Paintings would consist of one main figure, usually a deity, with a well-rounded face, body and oval shaped eyes. The main figure would be enclosed using arches, curtains and more.

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