The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is home to an important collection of artworks from South Asia that spans a large geographical area―comprising India and the countries that surround it―and more than four millennia. Among these objects are expressive figures in bronze and stone, dazzlingly intricate miniature paintings, luxury textiles and exquisite metalwork.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is home to an important collection of artworks from South Asia that spans a large geographical area―comprising India and the countries that surround it―and more than four millennia. Among these objects are expressive figures in bronze and stone, dazzlingly intricate miniature paintings, luxury textiles and exquisite metalwork.
Arranged thematically around dualities of art and craft, sacred and secular, Hindu and Muslim, real and ideal, male and female, and local and foreign―reflecting and challenging the dualistic thinking often applied to South Asian art―the works gathered in this volume reveal the richness and depth of South Asian art and culture.
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Krishna,about 1780-1800
Attributed to Sahib Ram (1750-1820,Indian)
Court of Jaipur,Rajasthan,India
This drawing is probably a representation of the Hindu god Krishna,whose playfuldancing with the gopis(milkmaids)on moonlit nights has been a favorite subject ofSouth Asia's artists,dancers,and authors.This and a number of related drawings areprobably studies or patterns for a large painting made for the Rajput ruler MaharajaPratap Singh of Jaipur(r.1778-1803).Pratap Singh was an ardent devotee of Krishna;he composed poetry to the god and staged at his court elaborate performances of
Krishna's legendary dance with Radha and her female companions.
Although Krishna is shown wearing a man's turban here,the long hair and jewelrysuggest that the drawing actually represents a female court dance... (查看原文)
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