This is plate 19 from James Fergusson's 'Ancient Architecture in Hindoostan'. Chidambaram is the sacred spot where Shiva, in the form of Nataraja, danced his powerful cosmic dance. It has been a place of pilgrimage in Tamil Nadu since about the n...
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Drawing by F. Swain Ward in c.1762 of the temple at Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu, part of King George III's Topographical Collection. The town of Chidambaram is a famed religious and artistic centre in south India. The temple here is dedicated to Shiva in ...
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Manohar active 1582–ca. 1624))
Mughal dynasty
Reign of Akbar
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
India
This image is an unusually intimate portrait of royal lovers reclining in a garden setting. It portrays Prince Murad, the intellectually incline...
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Folio from the Ramayana of Valmiki (The Freer Ramayana), Vol. 2, folio 199; recto: text; verso: Laksmana is stricken by the magic arrows of Indrajita
1597-1605
Fazl , (Indian, Indian)
Mughal dynasty
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
H: 27.5 W: 15.2 cm
Northern India
Essay:
The Synthesis of European and Mughal Art in the Emperor Akbar’s Khamsa of Nizami
By Gregory Minissale
October 13, 2000
The European engravings brought to India in the sixteenth century by the Jesuits to help communicate Christian doctrines to the Mughals are well documented. Prints of no...
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Persian Portraits, Etc.
Double view. On left: Album leaf (verso). Portrait. The bow-bearer of Shah ?Abbas. On right: Album leaf (recto); painting. Vishnu as Matsya returning the Vedas to Brahman. On paper.
Mughal Style
Late 17th century
Deccan, India
Persian Portraits, Etc.
DescriptionAlbum leaf (recto); painting. Viṣṇu as Matsya returning the Vedas to Brahman. Painted on paper.
Mughal Style
Late 17th century
Deccan, India
Watercolour painting on paper of Matsya, the fish incarnation of Viṣṇu. The painting shows Matsya as a giant golden fish pulling a boat on which are Manu and other religious teachers. In the foreground of the painting is an Asura emerging from a large conch shell, armed with a sword and shield. T...
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Ten Avatars of Vishnu
Rajasthan School
1800 (circa)
Gouache painting on paper. Viṣṇu in the form of Matsya, the first avatar of the god. The Vedas, ancient Indian texts, were once stolen by the demon Hayagriva while Brahma slept. Matsya restored the Vedas by diving into the ocean, where a ba...
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