A METAMORPHIC ANALYSIS OF FEMALE FORMS IN INDIAN PAINTINGS: MODERN & CONTEMPORARY PERIOD

A piece of art, if analyzed comprehensively, is built with the amalgamation its formal and conceptual facets. These aspects are intertwined so intimately that one cannot exist without other. Since time immemorial, 'Women' most acclaimed concepts in Indian art. Female body has been represented identified through various forms shift space. The present research paper an analytical study those transformations which female paintings have undergone. It also focuses on how a finite concept indigenously explored creative by numerous artists, encompasses wide range visualizations women, from Abanindranath's fragile depictions to voluptuous nudes Souza enlarged genitals, tranquility images Ara blank-faced Hussain. adopted methodology for this descriptive observational aim exploring different approaches depiction evolution time. primarily considers impression Abanindranath Tagore, Amrita Shergill, F N Souza, K H Ara, M Husain Gogi Saroj Pal few other artists. favorably concludes there great role artistic trends, personal psychic tendencies artists as well concurrent socio-political situations prompted characterize women varied forms.