Odisha is the bastion of rich cultural heritage with its historical monuments, archaeological sites, traditional arts, sculpture, dance and music. From the time immemorial Odisha attracts a large number of scholars, artists and tourists. The Department of Culture looks forward for the systematic and comprehensive promotion in the field of art and culture in the State and the Department aims at preserving the ancient cultural tradition and antiquities with the help of its subordinate offices and autonomous organization functioning under it.
Odisha Lalitkala Akademi is the State Akademi of Lalitkala literature it is an apex body established on 7.02.1987 under the administrative control of the department of Tourism & Culture (Culture) for the development, propagation and population of Lalitkala Language. It is an autonomous organization registered as a society during 1986-87. The Akademi shall be society under the Government Registration Act 1860 and shall have a Perpetual Succession and a Common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
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The expression of ideas and emotions, with the creation of certain aesthetic qualities, in a two-dimensional visual language. The elements of this language its shapes, lines, colours, tones, and textures are used in various ways to produce sensations of volume, space, movement, and light on a flat surface.
An artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into three-dimensional art objects. The designs may be embodied in freestanding objects, in reliefs on surfaces, or in environments ranging from tableaux to contexts that envelop the spectator.
The name Pattachitra has evolved from the Sanskrit words patta, meaning canvas, and chitra, meaning picture. Pattachitra is thus a painting done on canvas, and is manifested by rich colourful application, creative motifs, and designs, and portrayal of simple themes, mostly mythological in depiction.
Tribal art is often ceremonial or religious in nature. Typically originating in rural areas, tribal art refers to the subject and craftsmanship of artifacts from tribal cultures.
Terra cotta, literally, any kind of fired clay but, in general usage, a kind of object e.g vessel, figure, or structural form made from fairly coarse, porous clay that when fired assumes a colour ranging from dull ochre to red and usually is left unglazed.
Folk Art can be described as art that is of the people, for the people and by the people. These artists are interested in making art that tells stories about daily life or the culture of their community.
In the world of contemporary fine art, "child art" refers to a subgenre of artists who depict children in their works "child art" implies art intended for viewing by children illustrations perhaps in a book for juvenile readers, done by a child or by a professional adult illustrator; as a synonym for juvenilia.