Manjunath kamath biography of michael

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Manjunath Kamath creates art in a diverse range of media, including clay, digital art, painting, and drawing.

His artwork is influenced by a variety of cultural references, including the sculptures, frescoes, and carvings in the basadis (Jain temples) near where he was raised in south Karnataka; the elaborately costumed characters in Yakshagana plays; the tales and myths from the Indian epics; the paintings of Raja Ravi Varma and, further away, he is also influenced by Michelangelo and Rembrandt; Persian and Indian miniatures; Middle Eastern architecture's arabesque patterns, chinese ceramics and Victorian upholstery.

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Kamath has studied traditional (classical/religious) iconography in depth, and his artwork reflects his comprehension of how cultural elements—such as conventions for portraying people in paintings or sculptures or patterns and motifs—travel across time and space, changing even as they