Fundamentals of Kerala Mural Painting by Sasi Edavard | Traditional Kerala Mural Art Techniques & History | Chitrasopanam Art Foundation | Sasi Edavarad
Written by Sasi Edavard, a mural artist whose reputation in Kerala extends across decades of temple study and hands-on teaching, this book is a thorough and deeply personal guide to one of India's most visually complex art traditions. It covers the origins and gradual development of Kerala mural painting, rooting every discussion in ancient Indian iconography and the traditional principles that have governed this practice for centuries. Short, precise explanations sit alongside richer passages on symbolic grammar, including mudras, alankaras, ornamental patterns, and the proportional rules that give these paintings their unmistakable character. Edavard began his own training at the Guruvayur Mural Painting Institute, and his subsequent fieldwork at heritage sites including Vadakkumnathan Temple, Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple, and Keezhur Siva Temple gives the writing an authority that purely academic texts rarely achieve. He has seen these walls up close, and it shows. The book is structured accessibly enough for beginners whilst remaining substantive for researchers and practising artists. A foreword by Padmasri K.K. Muhammed, former Regional Director of the Archaeological Survey of India, lends further weight to the volume's cultural credentials. It's a resource that treats preservation and practice as inseparable concerns, making it genuinely useful whether you're approaching Kerala mural art for the first time or returning to it with years of study already behind you.
- Author: Sasi Edavard
- Publisher: Sasi Edavarad
- Genre: Painting
- ISBN: 978-9334322293
- Pages: 208 pages