With the decline of imperial prestige, Rajput painting followed two opposite trends. On the one hand, artists trained in the Mughal tradition returned from the capital and infused Rajasthani and Hill schools with Mughal elegance and finesseon the other hand, the wane of imperial power caused Rajput patrons to return to pre-Mughal artistic traditions. The Death of Bali illustrates the reversion to indigenous styles, with the expressive distortion of form and the emphasis upon inner rather than outer reality. The trees writhe with mathematically ordered patterns, and one's attention is focused on a single plane, with the line of trees and the prostrate figure set against a green background
Out of stage trappings of Western perspective, vestiges of Persian motifs such as the rocks or of Ch...
Here is another example of early Kangra painting, sharing with the Holi one the same range of typica...
During the pre-colonial era the Balinese arts and design were dominated by the themes of puppetry wh...
During the second half of the seventeenth century, Mughal influence increased in the Rajput schools ...
During the late eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth, Rajput patronage of the art...
Akbar died in 1605 and was succeeded by his son, Prince Selim, who took the name of Jahangir, or Wor...
Although the empire had begun to wane in the time of Aurangzeb, it was to linger on for another cent...
Drawn to Akbar's court either by the lure of patronage or as the human loot of Akbar's conquests, th...
Even in the nineteenth century, Mughal characteristics lingered on in isolated works. The Mughal tra...
The painting blends the Mughal and indigenous traditions. The faces of the figures are individualize...
In the late seventeenth century, Rajput masters began to develop individualized styles, moving away ...
One of the most remarkable artistic achievements of the Mughal Empire was the emergence in the early...
Many of Muhammad Shah's painters went to the Punjab Hills, where they infused the local tradition wi...
Throughout its history, Marwar painting preserved much of the turbulent and vital spirit of the pre-...
Gouache with gold. Narrow black inner rule, red-orange border. Short inscriptions at top in takri an...
Out of stage trappings of Western perspective, vestiges of Persian motifs such as the rocks or of Ch...
Here is another example of early Kangra painting, sharing with the Holi one the same range of typica...
During the pre-colonial era the Balinese arts and design were dominated by the themes of puppetry wh...
During the second half of the seventeenth century, Mughal influence increased in the Rajput schools ...
During the late eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth, Rajput patronage of the art...
Akbar died in 1605 and was succeeded by his son, Prince Selim, who took the name of Jahangir, or Wor...
Although the empire had begun to wane in the time of Aurangzeb, it was to linger on for another cent...
Drawn to Akbar's court either by the lure of patronage or as the human loot of Akbar's conquests, th...
Even in the nineteenth century, Mughal characteristics lingered on in isolated works. The Mughal tra...
The painting blends the Mughal and indigenous traditions. The faces of the figures are individualize...
In the late seventeenth century, Rajput masters began to develop individualized styles, moving away ...
One of the most remarkable artistic achievements of the Mughal Empire was the emergence in the early...
Many of Muhammad Shah's painters went to the Punjab Hills, where they infused the local tradition wi...
Throughout its history, Marwar painting preserved much of the turbulent and vital spirit of the pre-...
Gouache with gold. Narrow black inner rule, red-orange border. Short inscriptions at top in takri an...
Out of stage trappings of Western perspective, vestiges of Persian motifs such as the rocks or of Ch...
Here is another example of early Kangra painting, sharing with the Holi one the same range of typica...
During the pre-colonial era the Balinese arts and design were dominated by the themes of puppetry wh...
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