By Abirlal Mukhopadhyay

The miniature painting came to notice from the 8th century and for the next four centuries saw rapid development. ‘Mininum’ the Latin word means red lead paint, from this word they say we got the word miniature. If a painting is larger than 25 square inches, it is generally not considered as miniature. Or one more equation is applicable, one miniature painting must be one-sixth of the actual size of an object. A cultural renaissance was introduced in the 14th century when Muslim rulers entered the Indian subcontinent. During the Renaissance period, the use of miniature painting flourished in India. Pala (750-1150 AD) and Apabhramsa (11th-15th century) schools were two major schools of Miniature. Abdus Samad and Mir Sayyid were among the earliest Mughal painters; they came with Babur from Persia. And brought with them the Persian influence. Tutinama (Tales of a Parrot) is one illustrated book made by them during Akbar’s reign. Throughout the time of Jahangir, Mughal paintings reached their zenith. Shah Jahan did not follow the naturalist depictions, he wanted artificial elements in the paintings. Only Aurangzeb did not encourage painting and the court painters in search of jobs migrated to different parts of the country.

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By Abirlal Mukhopadhyay

It was the last year, December 2020, White Esprit decided to promote artworks on an international horizon, and build a global
community of creative people under the title White Esprit Creator Community or in short WECC. We opened our website for
everyone, and we welcomed each person who registered with us for an exhibition, within months we received thousands of
registrations from around the world and most of them are faculties in art colleges, some of them are even the deans, some are
famous artisans, some famous folk artists, sculptors, founders of different organisations, national awardees or some are
famous designers. WECC grew as a dwelling for the eminent names, and what more we could hope for, in this article White Esprit thanks them, and appreciates their collaboration and love.
It was a time when we took interviews of the WECC members, their different stories and approaches left us thinking what
people can do in real life could never be compared with reels. The Heart to Art Interview Volume would publish all of their
untold stories. And we all are waiting for this volume.
Our exhibitions are still going on in three major categories, One-art Exhibition, Group exhibition and Solo Exhibition. And we
hope WECC will always receive your active participation.

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