🔴 Ajanta paintings
The greatest specimen of Buddhist art in Gupta times is the Ajanta cave paintings.
They were built from a period spanning from 1 cent to 7 cent AD. But most work was done in Gupta age.
They depict various scenes from the life of Buddha and his previous births.
Ajanta paintings were dominated by buddha, bodhisattva, jataka stories, natural scenery, animals etc. But it cannot be said that Guptas patronized these paintings.
Even though the theme is religious in most paintings, we also find a glimpse of the lives of the princes, kings, common man etc.
Centrality is one of the main features of the composition so that attention is at once drawn to the most important person in each scene.
Both the fresco and the tempera styles were used. The fresco style paintings are made on wet plaster and the tempera style paintings are made on dry plaster.