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For making Madhubani paintings the artists use

A.
specially made poster colours
B.
fibre paints of very good quality
C.
paints made by dissolving silver and gold
D.
coloured paste of powdered rice

Solution:

Concept:India is known to be a boiling pot of art and culture with every region having its own traditional artform or painting.Explanation:About Madhubani painting:Mithila painting, popularly known as Madhubani art.It is from the district of the same name in Bihar and is now well-known all over the world.The colours used in Madhubani paintings are usually derived from plants and other natural sources.Most commonly, a coloured paste of powdered rice is used for Madhubani painting.Women usually paint their homes to celebrate festivals and the theme of the painting can be varied from nature to myths.Women decorate the nuptial chamber and the inner walls of their homes to celebrate festivals.The return of Ram from exile and Krishna playing with gopis are the preferred subject matter.Artists often show scenes of nature, an abundant harvest, tantric images of snake worship, and even city scenes if they have visited one.The United Nations in India decided to display Indian folk paintings for the eighth Millenium Development Goals programme.For which Madhubani artists Satya Narain and Moti Karn created a beautiful expression of prevention of child mortality.They showed it by showing how elephants and other animals protect their young ones.?Thus, for making Madhubani paintings the artists use a coloured paste of powdered rice.?Other states and their traditional artforms:StatesTraditional artformOdishaPatachitraRajasthanKavad artMaharashtraWarli artTamil NaduTanjore paintingWest BengalJharnapatachitraAndhra PradeshKalamkari painting

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