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Art Notes on Design-Drawing etc in Tilakamanjari
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humility of the artist is evinced in their propenegs to invite discussion and suggestive corrections of any possible blemishes in their executions, au in the case of Gandharvaka who asks prince Hariva hana to express his fraok opinion on the portrait of Tilakaman jari 48 At the same time he was too meticulously purposeful to incur the shortcomings resulting from insufficient knowledge, inattention during work, lack of the sense of propriety and want of proper practice 44
A few interesting details as to the method of the painter in producing a picture are also given by Dhanapala in his beautiful, though brief, picture of Tilakaman jarr who, during ber separation from prince Harlvahana when he returned to Ayodhyā, engaged herself id drawing a picture of him Close to her was placed the casket (samudga) full of brushes (varitika), an extensive board (cltra-phalaka) was placed before her by the maids, during the work, she pauged again and again mentally visualizing anon the model transfigured in her heart and adding touches while comparing the effect with it 45 Here the accessories liko Varttika, Samud ga, Cltra-phalaka, and A type of picture called Viddha-rupa are also noticed by the poet The term 'Viddha-citra' also occurs once 48 Sometimes the canvas (pala) also was used for painting and at times the wall itself served the purpose (bhitti citra) Pictures drawn on canvas appear to have been carefully rolled ip and preserved in a long narrow silken sack, from which they could be drawn out and unrolled when required 47 There is a reference to the diffi. cult art of depicting enotions in the pictures, such pictures are technically
nown as Bhava clira' or 'Rasa-citra', the latter term belog sometimes 18ed in the sense of Draya-citra algo in which liquid colours are utilized
3 Op at, p 165 (218) 4 Op cit, p 167 (104)
तेनापरिज्ञानमनवधानमनुचितज्ञताममभ्यासै चारविषये न मे संभावयितुमईति माममाई । 5 Op. at, 391 (38)
कदाचिदन्तिकन्यस्तविधिधधर्तिकासमुद्गा प्रगुणीकृत्य परिचारिकाभि पुरोऽवस्थापिते पृथुमि चित्रफलके निपुणमालोच्यालोच्य मकरकेतुबाणवासविद्धा देवस्यैष पं विद्धमभिलिखम्सी. । i Op cat, p 372 (14) 1 of Op cit, p 164 (GF)
प्रकृष्टयोनकर्मटप्रसेषिकाया सयत्नमाकृष्य चित्रपटमेममुपनीतषान् । and P 162 (48) तथा तत्क्षणमेष विस्तारिते पुरस्तात् तत्र चित्रपुत्रिका ददर्श । 3 Opat, P 179 (98)
आविष्कृतानेकभावविभ्रमाणि लिखितानि केनापि निपुणचित्रकरण दिग्भित्तिषु प्रति बिम्बानि।
