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Devi Durga
scene of legend depicting King advised by demonic characters? child's kidnapping, return of child to his rightful father, & a gathering of demons conversing?
Devi is worshipped by Rajput
20th century painting from Jodhpur @ChiswickAuct lot278
do you know story?
Deccani style painting by Rai Venkatachallam
Asaf Jahi ruler Nizam Ali Khan, Nizam II is out for shikar(hunt) around Golconda Fort accompained by top ranking nobles & personal staff on horseback. Mahlaqabai Chanda is seen in a palanquin @sjmhyd 18th CE
For #DoorsOfIndia a beautiful door dwar at city palace #Jaipur
Eye candy
Those two चबूतरा platform are typical part of Indian traditional #architecture #design similar are made in South Indian homes though don't know what they call it? द्वार Rose gate?
Les Roses: Rosa Villosa Terebenthina, 1817-24.
#painting by Henry Joseph Redouté (French)
Stipple & line engraving, with hand coloring
@ClevelandArt
#naturelovers #botany #Flowers #flowerlovers
China or Bengal Rose? 1817-24. Henry Joseph Redouté (French, 1766-1853), after Bessin (French), Pierre-Joseph Redouté. Color stipple with watercolor added by hand @ClevelandArt
Hailed as "Raphael of Flowers," Redouté was internationally reputed for his botanical illustrations
Ghatotkach fights with Abhimanyu, Scene from story of marriage of Abhimanyu & Vatsala, Folio from Mahabharata
circa 1850 Paithan Painting from Maharashtra @LACMA
beautifull folk tradition of storytelling or documenting epics via painting
@smithsonian another leaf of painting
Abhimanyu hunting in forest
ca. 1885 painting from Maharashtra @smithsonian
Snake charmer
19th century Painting from Patna Kalam/ School
@honolulumuseum
Honolulu Museum of Art, accession 14565
@NGVMelbourne #Holi festival on Rang Bhari Ekadashi, Vrindavan
1989; photo by Robyn BEECHE @NGVMelbourne
festival of colours
Bahu Begum
#Film #poster
What it tells?
Struggle of women, either in haveli of Nawab or in Kotha.
Purity chasity लज्जा इज्ज़त पर्दा etc all are enforced for women only.
#meenakumari ji