ANALYTICAL STUDY OF MOONLI NIGHT PAINTIN IN KANGRA STYLE

Abstract [English]

Among the various styles of indian miniature painting, the Kangra style holds a significant place. The Kangra style is considered to be the most sensitive and aesthectic style in indian miniature painting. This style exhibits a synthesis of nature, human emotion, and devotion that makes it distinct from other styles. Especially in depicting moonlit night, Kangra artists have demonstrated their imagination and emotional depth to the extreme. The artists have not merely depicted the moonlit night as a natural background element, but have depicted it as a key component influencing the emotional atmosphere of the paintings.
The Kangra School artists have imbued Radha Krishna’s love life, flute playing, and other romantic scenes against the backdrop of a moonlit night, giving them a transcendental beauty. The combination of white and blue colors in these paintings, along with the shadows of trees, the waves of the Yamuna River, and the moonlight spread across the sky, creates an atmosphere in which various emotions such as love, separation, and devotion emerge effortlessly, and the mere sight or experience of them evokes a sense of supreme beauty .The purpose of this research is to analyse the artistic, emotional, and symbolic meanings of the Kangra style depicton of moonlit nights. The primary objective of this research is to explain how Kangra artists have transformed the moonlit night from a mere symbolic of natural beauty to a vehicle of emotions and spiritual experience. This research will thus seek to deeply understand the emotional sensitivity and spiritual aesthectic perspective of indian painting