Techniques of Indian Paintings by King Bhoja in Perspective.
Techniques of Indian Paintings by King Bhoja in Perspective. By Dr. Bharati Mate, Pune (Samarangana Sutradhara: Chapter 71-83) Paper written for King Bhoja's conference held at Bhopal. King Bhoja follows the traditional convention of infrastructure of his textual content arrangement. The Shilpashastra works prior to him allotted nearly one third portion for iconography, sculpture etc. King Bhoja has allotted chapter 70 to 83 for iconography, painting, preparation of painting tools and material, iconometry, classification of objects into male & female types, infusion of sentiments in images and various dance postures as an equipment of sculptural panels. Research Scholars, such as Dr. Ashok K. Bhattacharya have already written special monograph on the technique of Indian Painting on the basis of the study of Shilpa Texts including Samarangana Sutradhara. Dr. A.K. Bhattacharya has taken note of Vishnudharmottara Purana, Chitralakshana Chapter, and T. A. Gopi