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Indian Contemporary Art in India has been prevalent from classical times in the traditional manner. The palace of the kings were decorated with urns, vases, wall murals and other Indian contemporary art facts as the community then was chiefly comprised of classes segregated as per job profile. The caste system was prevalent then but the community was organized and hence they retained the true Indian contemporary art forms. Embroidery works of Indian contemporary art is very famous and goes from fine embroidery to the ones existing in the Indian wedding ensembles. Paintings range in the area from Madhubani, Tanjore, Warli art and Batik art. Fabric painting in the tie and dye pattern is still found in Gujarat and certain parts of Rajasthan. The Patachitra Indian contemporary art of Orrissa is a great marvel and is a detailed process where in the making of the canvas it is an ordeal of five days. Tribal Indian contemporary art is related to wood work, interesting decorative items made ...

Modern art is a term that refers to artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s through the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the modern art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation. Modern art artists experimented with new ways of seeing, and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art. A tendency toward abstraction is characteristic of much modern art. The pioneers of modern art were Romantics, Realists and Impressionists. By the late 19th century, additional movements which were to be influential in modern art had begun to emerge: post-Impressionism, as well as Symbolism. The modern art style was adopted by artists in different nations, in preference to a national style. These factors established the view that it was a movement. These traits—establishment of a working method integral to the modern ar...

Wonderful work of a genial painter - Zorikto Dorzhiev