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Research Paper | Home Science | India | Volume 8 Issue 2, February 2019

Development of Designs from Sculptures of Amaravathi for Application on Kameez Material

Beeram. Suvarna | Dr. D. Anitha ^[5]

Abstract: Kalamkari is an ancient Indian art that originated about 3000 years ago. Kalamkari art of Andhra Pradesh has its very distinctive style in its shape and expression of its characters. It chiefly consists of scenes from Hindu mythology and figures of Hindu deities. In this article, we developed designs from sculptures of Amaravathi for application on kameez material using Kalamkari technique. Whereas, out of many pictures identified, a forty sculptural designs such as animal, birds, floral and creepers. Twenty were selected from an out of 40 motifs. Further twenty developed motifs were placed for the selection of five best for dress materials. A panel of thirty judges critically evaluated and selected the best five motifs out of 20. Then, judges evaluation was analyzed by using frequency and percentages. These selected motifs were drawn by using Corel DRAW11 which is suitable for dress material either using a part of the motif or whole of the motif.

Keywords: Amaravathi sculpture motifs, coreldraw -11 software, kalamkari hand painting

Edition: Volume 8 Issue 2, February 2019,

Pages: 500 - 507

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