Vol. 6, Issue 10, Part A (2020)

Abstract
Paintings of Bengal' have broad ranges of scopes and perspectives, though historically it faced changes in its meaning in different stages. ‘Paintings of Bengal’ as a genre of art is more or less neglected in the institutional arena due to some reasons including - lags in the possibility of competing with the European style of painting and absence of western standards of aesthetic considerations and pre-colonial classical formulas. The difference between the actual form and appearance of paintings in Bengal can be seen through analyzing current situation compared to the actual scenario from a standard point of view. Considering the similarities and differences between the ancient and the current paintings of Bengal, the course of paintings of Bengal can be understood - where, when, how has it changed or has Bengali painting been going in such a trend since its earliest period of journey? Keeping all these facts in consideration, the write-up has its major objectives to explore the nature and trend of paintings of Bengal.