Greatest paintings :-

1.Altdorfer: The Battle of Alexander the Great (1529) - Alte Pinakothek, Munchen

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2.Chagall: I and the Village (1911) - Museum of Modern Art, New York

3.Van Eyck: Rinaldo e Armida, Louvre, Paris

4.Rousseau: Carnival Evening (1886) - Museum of Art, Philadelphia

5.Van Eyck: The Virgin of Ivers (1435) - Louvre, Paris

Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906) - A Prince Among Painters and A Painter Among Princes

• Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906) was born in Kilimanoor Palace as the son of Umamba Thampuratti and Ezhumavil Neelakandan Bhattathiripad.
•  At the age of seven years he started drawing on the palace walls using charcoal.
• At the age of 14, Ayilyam Thirunal Maharaja took him to Travancore Palace and he was taught water painting by the palace painter Rama Swamy Naidu. After 3 years Theodor Jenson, a British painter taught him oil painting.
• Most of his oil paintings are based on Hindu epic stories and characters. In 1873 he won the First Prize at the Madras Painting Exhibition. He became a world famous Indian painter after winning in 1873 Vienna Exhibition.

Famous "oliographics " of "Raja Ravi Verma".......

1.  Sakunthala

(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas - 1898)

Sakunthala - Looks of Love - Sakunthala looking back at Dushyanthan acting as injured with a thorn. Oil painting on canvas by Raja Ravi Varma dated 1898 - Sri Chitra Art Gallery, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

2.Mother and Child

(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas)

Mother and Child - A unique painting showing the affection of mother. Oil painting on canvas by Raja Ravi Varma - Kowdiar Palace, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

3.Hamsa Damayanthi

(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas - 1899)

Hamsa Damayanthi - Princess Damayanthi talking with Royal Swan about Nalan. Oil painting on canvas by Raja Ravi Varma dated 1899 - Sri Chitra Art Gallery, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

4.Lady with Swarbat

(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas - 1874)

Lady with Swarbat - A lady playing music instrument Swarbat. Oil painting on canvas by Raja Ravi Varma dated 1874 - Kowdiar Palace, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

5.Lady Holding a Fruit

(Raja Ravi Varma - Oil Painting on Canvas

Lady Holding a Fruit - Painting of a lady holding a fruit. Oil painting on canvas by Raja Ravi Varma - National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.

How Color Affects Taste and Smell :-

This relationship between colors and mind known as  "synaesthesia" . This condition describes how our senses work together.

 For example - with respect to sight, taste and smell - seeing a color may evoke any number of other sensations. Green may be evocative of the smell of grass, lemon yellow may evoke a sour taste.

This is best understood by the fact that each sense has a pathway to the brain. These paths are parallel to each other.

In situation only seeing by colors it stimulates the sense for taste . 

• Seeing the color yellow-green may evoke(conscious mind) taste sensations of sourness
•  pink may evoke sweetness. 
• Seeing the color grey may evoke olfactory (smell) sensations of smokiness.

We all have some degree of synaesthesia. However, a person with a strong sense of synaesthesia senses stimuli different from a "normal" person. For example, to the person with synaesthesia, a color might have a "taste", a sound might be "felt", and a food might be "heard".

Fun facts about color

Fun Facts about colors:-

Fun facts about color

Here are some fun facts about color:

• Color is not seen in an object. No, That object merely serves as a reflector of light, light that filters through your eyes to the brain, where that light is interpreted by your brain as color.

• The color pink is used in prisons to subdue inmates. When an inmate is being particularly violent or unruly, he can be placed in a room that is painted a very soft pink. His pulse immediately slows, and he will immediately calm down.

• Red is a power color and one universally favored by men to be worn on women. When men see a woman dressed in red, she becomes 30% or so more attractive to them. 

• People size us up within 90 seconds, and their first impression of us is based predominantly upon the colors we are wearing. In fact, color alone accounts for between 62 and 90% of that vital first impression.

• Some argue that BLACK is not a color, that it is absence of color. I disagree, especially when we try to match different black garments in the store. Look at all the shades that exist. 

• Yellow and orange are not recommended as great paint colors for home kitchens, as they reportedly stimulate our appetites. 

About colors

Colors are shades of our perception. They are related to the way we feel and the reason why colors affect us so deeply is that they  not only define our way, they truly enhance our path.

Red relates to our sense of belonging, our physical reality. It anchors our feelings and gives us a sense of grounded-ness .

Orange expresses our most creative side, our relationship to others and our sexuality. It brings the feeling of expansion and aliveness.

Yellow provides us with a sense of personal power. Like the Sun standing in its truth without compromising it and yet giving unconditionally to everyone.

Green vibrates with our sense of Self-love & love for others. It is Life in its most essential form, Earth, Life, breathe, the low.

Blue triggers our sense of communication. Our ability to share our truth and carry our message.

Indigo expresses our dreams, our sense of imagination, our capacity to visualize.

Purple gives us a sense of higher-consciousness. A sense of connected to a higher-realm. It vibrates with our deeper sense of relationship with the Divine.

Whatever colors bring to us, on a much more individual level, it is undeniable that they affect our states of being and carry strong Vibes into our subconscious mind.The brighter they vibrate, the stronger they affect our deepest self. Colors define the intensity with which we our heart sees our life & how our eyes translate the way we feel it.