PAINTINGS
AJANTA
CAVE PAINTINGS
the many-splendoured delights of Ajanta compiled by Subramanian Swaminathan
e-mail: sswami99@gmail.com
September 2007
Inspiration at Home
The paintings of Ajanta, in style,
in type and in technique, exerted their influence on Indian art for centuries
to follow. The paintings in the Bagh caves in Ellora, in Sittannavasal,
are perpetuation of the refinement of the great murals of the Ajanta caves.
Bagh in Madhya Pradesh
Sittannavasal in Tamilnadu
Inspiration Abroad
With the spread of Buddhism to Indian
Asia Buddhist mural decoration initiated at Ajanta diffused into these
parts. The paintings of Sigiriya in Srilanka, of Bamiyan, of Turfan
in China and of Horyu Kondo in Japan are regional variation of the Ajanta
idiom.
Sigiriya, Srilanka
Turfan, China
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