Wall Paintings of India – Documentation, Digitisation, Research and Conservation

Project of Documentation, Digitisation, Research and Conservation of Wall Paintings of India will be carried out By the network of INTACH(HO and CHAPTERS)during 5 years, started Aprill of 2015.
Most of the Wall painting sites are under the protection of the Archaeological Survey of India or the State Archaeology Departments, however much more are in various stages of their deterioration due to neglect and lack of awareness. Some wall painting sites have been published by few art historians or writers, but these are the more famous ones. However, there are thousands of sites that are unknown or ignored.
India is very rich in wall paintings, but we don’t have a very clear database of wall paintings and the facilities for their conservation.
India has 29 States and 7 Union Territories, each state has wall paintings and to document them is a lifetime work.Current project is beginning for undertaking this work with the network of INTACH Chapters for an initial period of 5 years in which a few states will be taken at a time. With the mandate of INTACH to preserve nation’s cultural heritage we will set up a world-class facility for Documentation, Conservation, Research and Training in this area at INTACH HO.
This will be a new unit created at ICI having specialized equipment headed by trained wall paintings conservators, which will focus on:

  1. Documentation of Wall Paintings in India (creation of a Directory)
  2. Research on techniques of paintings and materials used in making wall paintings region-wise and historical interpretation (oral and written)
  3. Scientific evaluation of tradional techniques of conservation.
  4. Remedial Conservation of endangered and historically important wall paintings.
  5. Training in conservation of Wall Paintings for professionals
  6. Global Awareness programme for public/ Vedio clipping etc
  7. To establish protocol for documentation of wall painting for INTACH. This will be the first initiative of any Indian organisation.
  8. One full time fellowship (one year) for Phd/M.phil / D.Phil student on documentation of wall painting
  9. Publication

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