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This paper is an exploration of art works in Punjabi homes which are embodied in various forms and shapes. The cardinal focus of this article is to investigate the relationship between art and social class through the critical analysis of art works in Punjabi homes. The art works were analyzed and interpreted while taking into account the correlation of these art works with the demonstration of social class in the society. This article depicts the hidden Punjabi culture patterns due to which the construction of a society in terms of its various agents can be understood within the realms of art works. The manifestation of various art works in Punjabi homes represents various kinds of hidden social as well as cultural patterns of Punjabi life style in which the element of class is of great significance. The study further highlights the ways in which art works in any society are of fundamental and very effective tools to analyze the working of socio-economic circumstances because art works can be taken as a medium that transmits some particular feelings, a form of representation or imitation and any particular intuitive expression or significant form related to the depiction of social, cultural, religious, economic and political ideologies or life styles because the changing practices, heritage and social and historical settings also play a key role in the production of art or artist. In any society class division is present in the various forms because of multiple reasons, such as unequal distribution of wealth, political biasness, religious as well as racial differences, caste system, cultural and social associations. Finally, the study concludes that art works in Punjabi homes possess hidden symbolic meanings and the analysis of these art works reflect the inequalities and class system regarding economic point of views.

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