The previous design was going on a bit wrong direction.
First of all, I realized that designs and visuals derived following Rabindranath Tagore's drawing style had been done to death. So whichever direction my design would have taken it would surely have missed that factor of uniqueness to it.
Although using Tagore's personal drawing style was not a bad idea though, because after all Tagore was the master mind behind the whole concept of alternative education system practiced in Visva Bharati, so there is one direct connection and hence relevance to the design, but this Tagore connection applies as a whole to Visva Bharati school of education, whereas here I should be talking more specifically on the art department, that is the Kala Bhavana.
On the other hand Nandalal Bose was a founder member and one of the very central personalities of Kala Bhavana. He developed and practiced a certain form of art that defined Kala Bhavana. Form and content wise which was totally different from the European school of art practiced by even the ace artists of that period. For example, where as maestro painters like Raja Ravi Verma has painted Sita standing in the very much European posture of Venus, Nandalal also would take his subjects from hardcore Indian mythology, but was able to introduce the very much Indian style of anatomy and iconography in his paintings. This, he and his associates derived by conducting extensive study tours from Kalabhavana to the historical places rich in examples of Indian classical art, like Ajanta, Ellora, Saranath, etc. But their style not only directly represented the classical style, but it was an unique form consisting parts of the lovely traditional art forms on the verge of extinction (e.g. the Kalighat pata painting style). This soon became the very essence of Kalabhavana's art language. And the best part is, they didn't only derived the subjects of their paintings from Indian mythology, but they also applied this same style to portray the simple village tribes and their activities they used to see around them everyday in Santiniketan. So content wise as well this style became unique.
As the whole point of my work is to introduce people to this essence of art practiced in Kalabhavana, through a tour of its exhibits, so I thought this style to be appropriate for conveying this idea.
Since the map of the area is the most important element of my design, I decided to keep the map interactive and at the spotlight of the design. The map will lead to different panoramas of the exhibits, as well as it will take the viewer to different parts of the website, which will give information about the exhibits and their artists.
Home Page:
The map here is interactive. The points of interest, the sculptures and the murals are colour coded. The sculptures will turn green and the murals will turn yellow on mouse hover.
Category/menu List
Artist page
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