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From Folk Painting to Book Illustration: A Practice-Based Study on Applying Jamini Roy’s Visual Language to Krishna’s Serpent Narrative

Author(s) Ms. Anushka Sanyal, Dr. Angana Datta
Country India
Abstract Indian mythology serves as the bedrock of the nation’s cultural consciousness, offering a vast spectrum of narratives that function as ancestral heirlooms across generations. Among modern Indian artists who consciously engaged with folk aesthetics, Jamini Roy (1887–1972) occupies a significant position. Rejecting Western academic realism, Roy developed a distinct visual style inspired by Bengal’s patachitra, temple terracotta reliefs, Kalighat paintings, and rural craft traditions. His work emphasized simplicity, bold outlines, flattened spatial treatment, symbolic color usage, and rhythmic composition. Parallelly, book illustration functions as a narrative medium that translates textual stories into visual experiences, especially in the context of mythology, where visual interpretation plays a critical role in shaping cultural understanding. This study illustrates the episodes from the life of Lord Krishna, particularly the dramatic encounter with the serpent Kaliya in the river Yamuna, offer rich narrative
potential for visual reinterpretation due to their emotional intensity, symbolic depth, and dynamic action. This research adopts a practice-based approach to explore how Jamini Roy’s folk visual language can be adapted into contemporary book illustration design for the Krishna- Serpent episode. Rather than merely imitating Roy’s paintings, the study investigates how his stylistic principles can be reinterpreted to suit narrative sequencing, character depiction, and page composition in illustrated books. The research situates itself at the intersection of art history, illustration practice, and visual storytelling.
Keywords Practice-Based Research, Jamini Roy, Folk Art, Book Illustration, Krishna, Kaliya Serpent, Visual Storytelling
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Published In Volume 17, Issue 1, January-March 2026
Published On 2026-03-03
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