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A folio from 'Razamnama' kept in Birla Academy of Art& Culture,Kolkata,a signed work of Mir Sayyid Ali Tabrizi Judai, 3 vols,dated ca.1605. @DalrympleWill @errfanseye @hemantsarin @iamrana @ssharadmohhan @zarafshan @mchidarazvi @BishtLokinder @tawairkh @ranjona @fzhassan #art 1/2
Titled ;Lamayuru, Ladakh 1947,a gorgeous #art by Nicholas Roerich(1874-1947);a #painter #writer #archeologist, theosophist, philosopher he travelled extensively in #Himalayas #centralasia #Tibet. @DalrympleWill @errfanseye @hemantsarin @ssharadmohhan @zarafshan @tawairkh
Drawing of a lady smoking a water-pipe flanked by attendants #Pahari School, Kangra, Punjab Hills, 1800 @britishmuseum #art #arthistory #History #culture @DalrympleWill @errfanseye @hemantsarin @zarafshan @ssharadmohhan @BishtLokinder @tawairkh #arthistory #artshare #drawings
The minute details in nature that Zain Ud Din records is hard to replicate. At the moment his works can be seen up close at @WallaceMuseum in a brilliant exhibition Forgotton Masters curated by @DalrympleWill For the Londoners here : @AnnaCampbelloz @Sonja_Seear #London 2/4
Panchatantra (Five Principles) is a colourful collection of animal fables in verse & prose written in Sanskrit , 3rd BCE credited to Vishnu Sharma. This painting is from manuscript of Panchatantra`s one of the story titled as The story of Talkative Turtle @philamuseum 1/3
'Four princesses enjoy a serious game of polo on their ornately saddled and harnessed horses'. (18thC Deccan) Their body language reveal valour. A far cry from the depiction of women relaxing in gardens or awaiting their beloved. Source @britishmuseum #art #History
Are you cooking with organic bright chilis! Even if not enjoy this accurate botanical art - a portrait of a capsicum by botanist Sir James Paxton from circa 1838 AD when there was nothing but only organic ingredients.
Source : @WikiCommons #nature #botanical #organicfarming
Playfulness all by self! An officer in a comic posture holding a bird aloft as he strides through a stormy evening with his enthusiastic dog trying to catch the bird. The lady seems to amuse herself with a yo-yo kinda of toy as the her attendant looks on.#art #history