#Indian Miniatures

[m3-dusa]

Everything changes fast... seasons, feelings & people.

[virhotkanthita]

सखियों को होली मुबारक

[arthistoryanimalia]

#WatercolorWednesday:

Portrait of a Ladakhi Mountain Goat [Changthangi*]

India, Mughal dynasty, c.1601-25

Opaque watercolor, ink, gold on paper

37.9 × 25.6 cm (14 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.)

The Art Institute of Chicago 1919.944: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/76868/portrait-of-a-ladakhi-mountain-goat

🆔 “The Changthangi [aka Changpa, Ladakh Pashmina, Kashmiri] is a breed of cashmere goat native to the high plateaus of Ladakh in northern India. It is closely associated with the nomadic Changpa people of the Changthang plateau….The intense cold of the region causes the goats to grow a thick undercoat, which is harvested to produce the fine pashmina grade of cashmere.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changtha

#IndianArt #SouthAsianArt

[nobrashfestivity]

Unknown, Mughal Miniature: Ibrahim Adil Shah Riding Elephant: det.: elephant and landscape (Detail) c.1595-1600

[niramish]

Detail of plants/trees/leaves from various Indian miniatures.

[cinematic-phosphenes]

Portrait of a Prince with a Hawk | 18th Century Mughal miniature, gum tempera and gold on paper 

[newlullabies]

Miniature Habitats by VeeCraftsStore on Etsy

[kaalbela]

Basawan and Suraj Gujrati. Illustration from Baburnama or Memoirs of Babur, ca. 183-1530.

Baburnama is an autobiographical account by Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur, a descendant of Timur and the first Mughal king of India. The miniatures are from an illustrated copy of the Baburnama prepared for the author's grandson, the Mughal Emperor Akbar. Akbar’s commissions were divided up among teams of artists working at the court, and often two painters collaborated on a single image, in addition to the calligraphers. This particular illustration is attributed to Basawan, responsible for the composition and the drawing, and Suraj Gujarati, who painted it. The miniatures reflect the culture of the Mughal court at Delhi, and are important as evidence of the tradition of exquisite miniature painting which developed at the court of Timur and his successors. Timurid miniatures are among the greatest artistic achievements of the Islamic world in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Unknown Mughal Artist, Hamzanama: Baba Junayd is Rude to Umar and Turns Him Away from the Caravanserai, ca. 1570, watercolor on cotton rag paper (Smithsonian: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.)

[lotussed]

Mughal, two dancers. Source: Sothebys

[teashay]

the lovers of bengal

[m3-dusa]

whole world is fucked up with beauty standards... people are getting rid of arm fat... which is not even in the arm... I might sound like a stupid.

[koenji]

Rajasthan, India. Two Women on a Terrace, ca. after 1700. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, sheet: 8 x 7 3/4 in.

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #NationalMothWeek:

Mughal miniature of an Atlas Moth, dated to the reign of Jahangir (r.1605-1627)

Brush in colors, black, white & gold, gouache, on paper; sheet H 214 mm × W 152 mm

Rijksmuseum RP-T-1993-116

[nobrashfestivity]

Anvar-i-Suhaili Indo-Persian miniature, Gujarat, 1600–1601.

Monkeys outwit bears.

From a manuscript of a collection of fables called “Anvar-i-Suhaili” by Hussei Vaiz Kashifi.

Ms. Or. 6317, fol. 124 v, London, British Library.

[iambittythings]

It's dreary out, so today's beast is bright. Meet the Indian Giant Squirrel. They're actually more colourful than I was able to capture with my clay, and they're absolutely huge!

If you'd like this large lad, please check out Bittythings and Beasts.

https://bittythingsandbeasts.etsy.com