Indian Artさんのイラストまとめ

Today on 22nd Jan 1666, Shahjahan passed away.

Various artists, One event with varied imagery.
Pic 1:- M.A. Rahman Chughtai's version
Pic 2:- Abanindranath Tagore's version.
Pic 3:- Sir Cecil Burns version.
Pic 4:- Unknown Artist's version.

#InterestingFact :-
It's been 40 years since UP had a CM with a Moustache.
Last one was Dr. VP Singh from 1980-82.
#UPElection2022

If you study Sri Krishna, you'll see that he is a Painter's face, a figure with many postures, for Poets, a theme with deep depth.
For Devotees, he is the supreme deity, for Philosophers,the ultimate truth. For lovers he is the most lovable & for Yogis, the ultimate Karma Yogi.

Prophet Mohammad's ascent to heaven sitting atop mythical animal Buraq. Interestingly, Mohammad's face is covered because he is not supposed to be depicted.
From the Khamsah (5 Poems) by Nizami, 1543, Persia.
Source:- @britishlibrary

Painting of a bus conductor on the busy roads of Kolkata by Tapon Roy. 🎨👌

His favorite words to the driver :- "Aste Ladiej", meaning Slowdown, woman has to step down.

The Death of Tipu Sultan - One event but different versions of paintings.

1. By David Wilkie, 1843.
Source : @Sothebys

2. By Henry Singleton, c.1800
Source: @Sothebys

3. By Samuel William Reynolds, 1800.
Source: @britishlibrary

4. An engraving from 1804.

Garuda in indian art form.
As we all know Garuda is vahana of Sri Vishnu.
I'm not sure why Garuda is referred to as an Eagle. An Eagle is a bird while Garuda is a half man - half bird creature.
Can anyone explain??

Came across few mughal paintings depicting people wearing spectacles.

I always wondered, what ancient indians (Indus people, Maurya era or Gupta era) used or did to overcome their eyesight problems?

Barber cleaning women's ears. 19th century Kalighat painting.

We Indians call them as Kaan-mailia, they specialized in cleaning ear-wax. Derived from 2 Hindi words, kaan meaning ears & mailia meaning dirt.

Although, no point cleaning as women only hear what they want to hear.😂

It's debatable whether Jahangir's true love was Alcohol & Opium or his 20th wife Nurjahan, but he loved both of them and that is evident with the portrayals of Jahangir with Nurjahan as well as holding his goblet.