History Painting!!!

History Painting by Roderick Buchanan

British Council and Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath present History Painting by Roderick Buchanan on Thursday 2 March, 7.00 p.m. at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Kumara Krupa Road, Bangalore 1. The exhibition will be on view till 15 March 2006 from 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. (except Sundays and public holidays)

“A ‘history painting’ is one which has a serious narrative, or includes exemplars of actions which are intended to have educational overtones. In this sense the word history relates to the Italian istoria, meaning narrative or story (and not the accurate or documentary description of actual events).