Abstract
Artists of the world use different styles and materials to express their creativity. All these are employed to get an end product, which is to show not only their skill level but to communicate thoughts, ideas and concepts. But this is not possible without some kind of medium. As compared to today, our previous generation of artists were very conscious regarding the durability of the artefacts they produced. They wanted their art pieces to last for centuries and due to this reason, a lot of attention was given to the preparation of these materials and special methods were evolved to get the best results. Availability of hundreds of years old art pieces, is an evidence to their success. A lot has been written about miniature paintings and manuscripts that were produced during different eras but not much detail are available about the materials used by the artists. Present research is focused on those materials of miniatures and manuscripts with specific emphasis on the 18th and 19th century productions. Some myths are explored by employing modern day scientific methodology to prove their credibility.
Keyword(s)
Medium, material, Miniature Painting, Durability, methods, manuscripts, employing, scientific