Category:Madhubani painting

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<nowiki>Madhubani; মধুবনী চিত্রকলা; Peinture de Madhubani; ミティラー画; Madhubanikunst; मधुबनी; मधुबनी चित्रकला; मधुबनी पेंटिंग; Madhubani Art; هنر مادوبانی; Madhubani; मिथिला कला; मिथिला कला; مدھوبنی کی مصوری; Мадхубані; Madhubani; मधुबनी चित्रकला; Malarstwo Madhubani; אמנות מדהובאני; Мадхубани/Митхила рәсем сәнгате; मधुबनी चित्रकला; मधुबनी चित्रकला; మధుబని చిత్రకళ; ਮਧੁਬਨੀ ਕਲਾ; মধুবানী চিত্ৰশিল্প; Mathila pentroarto; മധുബാനി ആർട്ട്‌; மதுபானி ஓவியப் பாணி; Estilo de pintura practicado en Bihar, India; ভারতীয়/নেপালি চিত্রকলার শৈলী; style de peinture; बिहारके मधुबनी मण्डलके चित्रकला शैली; schilderstijl uit Bihar, India; मधुबनी जिल्हा, बिहार येथील चित्रकला शैली; style of painting practiced in Bihar, India; ভাৰতীয়/নেপালী শৈলীৰ চিত্ৰকলা; बिहार के मधुबनी जिले की चित्रकला शैली; Arte Madhubani; मधुबनी चित्रशैली; मधुबनी चित्रकला; Madhubani painting; Madhubani art; मधुबनी चित्रकला; मिथिला चित्रकला; मिथिला चित्रकला; मधुबनी चित्रशिल्प</nowiki>
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style of painting practiced in Bihar, India
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Madhubani painting or Mithila Painting is a style of Indian painting, practiced in the Mithila region of Bihar state, India. The origins of Madhubani painting are shrouded in antiquity. Tradition states that this style of painting originated at the time of the Ramayana, when King Janak commissioned artists to do paintings at the time of marriage of his daughter, Sita, with Rama.

Madhubani painting has been done traditionally by the women of villages around the present town of Madhubani (the literal meaning of which is forests of honey) and other areas of Mithila. The painting was traditionally done on freshly plastered mud wall of huts, but now it is also done on cloth, hand-made paper and canvas. As Madhubani painting has remained confined to a compact geographical area and the skills have been passed on through centuries, the content and the style have largely remained the same. Madhubani paintings also use two dimensional imagery, and the colors used are derived from plants. Ochre and lampblack are also used for reddish brown and black respectively. Green from the leaves of the apple tree; white from rice powder; orange from palasha flowers. The colours are applied flat with no shading and no empty space is left.

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