Paintings of Bengal: A quest for the real identity

Abstract

Paintings of Bengal' have broad ranges of scopes and perspectives, though historically it faced changes in its meaning in different stages. ‘Paintings of Bengal’ as a genre of art is more or less neglected in the institutional arena due to some reasons including - lags in the possibility of competing with the European style of painting and absence of western standards of aesthetic considerations and pre-colonial classical formulas. The difference between the actual form and appearance of paintings in Bengal can be seen through analyzing current situation compared to the actual scenario from a standard point of view. Considering the similarities and differences between the ancient and the current paintings of Bengal, the course of paintings of Bengal can be understood - where, when, how has it changed or has Bengali painting been going in such a trend since its earliest period of journey? Keeping all these facts in consideration, the write-up has its major objectives to explore the nature and trend of paintings of Bengal.