RAJASTHANI SCHOOL

Rajasthani School consists of Mewar School, Kishan Garh School, Bikaner school, Bundi School and Jaipur School. In 15th century, it is supooesd to be the time of revival of Hindu literature of painting, music, art, architecture. All these saw a new dawn in this period. Paintings of Krishna religion, ragmala and ritikala poetry etc. were done in this period. This was not the traditional apabhransha style of painting. But in very divine and purify form of the same which originated in Gujrat and Mewar as a new school. This was called as Rajasthani or rajput or Hindu school. In the beginning the paintings were confined to different kings for their amusement, gradually it all came to the common man. Several precious paintings were destroyed by the Mugal in 16th to 17th century.

In the beginning, the style was inspired by religion as the followers of ramanuja like Surdas, Tulsidas, Meera Vallabha Charya and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had taken the expansion and publicity of Hindu Vaishnava religion to climax.

In later stage, paintings were done on romance and general folk theme.
The whole Rajasthan was affected by the invasion of Mugals but Mewar did not come under this control up to last. This was the reason that first of all Rajasthani School developed in Mewar in the present form.