Mithila Arts is also known as Madhubani Arts referring to the district town around which many of the painters live. Its iconography is drawn from a rich cosmology, as well as a huge store of legends and folklore replete with symbols of fertility, good luck, and prosperity. It is observed that communities in the area have distinct paintings styles. Mithila Arts are chiefly made by rural artists in the Mithila southern Nepal ( Janakpur) and is traditionally painted on walls, paper and cloth.Originally a decorative art used on the walls of houses in villages, it has turned out to be a popular art form and is now being painted on Saris, wood and various other bases. Mithila paintings depict various themes, like Hindu Gods, scenes from villages as well as plants and animals. |
