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In this c1750 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from the #Himalayan #Punjab State of #Mankot #Ramkot (now in #Jammu #India) now at Government #Museum, #Chandigarh) a Nobleman checks out the #TrumpTariffs rollouts on the #LiberationDay (or Aberration Day?)
Now at British Library, London 'Two Men looking at the Stars through a Telescope' for #SunitaWilliamsReturn in this 19th century #IndianMiniaturePainting from a Sanskrit manuscript 'Crest Jewel of the Essence of Systems of Astronomy' written by Durgashankara of #Benares #Varanasi #India
A Monochrome Wash Highlighted #IndianMiniaturePainting with Gold & Touches of Body Colour, known as #NimQalam style (Half-pen), of '#Mughal ruler #Akbar on a Hunting Trip' in this c1600 #Painting from #Agra #India & now at Victoria & Albert #Museum London and unfortunately, not on view at their exhibition 'The Great Mughals...'
#MughalEAzam
#Caturday and the #Cats are back
A c1770 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting of a woman chasing a #Cat who is trying to run away with her stolen parrot
From #Chamba #HimachalPradesh #India this #Painting is now in the collection of Victoria and Albert #Museum London
#HappyValentinesDay #HappyValentines
Two Lovers meet in this c1800 CE #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Jaipur #Rajasthan from the #EdwinBinney collection now housed at San Diego Museum of Art, USA
An exhibition on the extraordinary creative output of the Golden Age of the #Mughal Court from the reigns of #Akbar #Jahangir & #ShahJahan (1556-1605 AD) is on at Victoria & Albert #Museum #London till May5, 2025
One of the items on display here is this c1600 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting of a 'Portrait of a European' from #Agra #India
With the end of the Battle of #Delhi & capture (on 20th Sept) of the last #Mughal ruler #BahadurShahZafar the #MughalEmpire surrenders to the #EastIndiaCompany on this day in 1857
The two sons of the emperor are shot dead by Major William Stephen Raikes Hodson of the Company's Bengal Army on 21st Sept 1857 at Delhi Gate
This last Mughal Crown taken as a war trophy is now at British Museum
A lovely c1745 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Jodhpur #Marwar #Rajasthan of 'The Durbar of Kunwar Ram Singh' now at Williams College #Museum of #Art, USA
The Kunwar, holding a flower, sits in the centre with courtiers arranged seated around him according to their hierarchy and level of importance!
#ArtHistory #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #India #Museums #History #Heritage #Painting #artoftheday #MastoArt #Histodons #Painting #Entertainment
Unknown #Artist
From the Justice, the ILGWU newspaper, January 19, 1923.
A quote from UK Labour member of parliament George Lansbury: "The leaders of religion are dumb dogs just now when your people are being massacred from the air, but they were loud in their protestations when people like me were being bombed in London during the war."
plus ça change...
A rare & monumental 2nd century #Kushan Schist of #Buddha from the ancient region of #Gandhara of #Afghanistan & #Pakistan
Inscribed in Khoroshti language as 'Gift of Kodisena' (translation) & hence known as the 'Kodisena Buddha' will be on Christie's Inc. online auction beginning 11th September with an estimate of US$ 200,000-300,000
I loved this book: Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree (2023)
Delightful! I felt that the author was laughing and being silly and teasing me with a friendly smile! She plays with words and sounds, and I regret that I know so little Hindi/Urdu and other #languages of the #Indian SubContinent.
#books. #India #Partition #Reading #Pakistan. #crows #Grandmother #AdultDaughter #TransLives. #hijras
#GenderNonConforming #IndianHistory #IndianPartitian #LanguageJustice.
The New York Times · How Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Tomb of Sand’ Changed India’s Literary Landscape
Crowned #Bodhisattva
This 3rd century #KushanEmpire statue of a youthful #Buddha from #Mathura #UttarPradesh with curled lockets of hairs cascading to His shoulders, is amongst the most appealing images of this figure type from early India
A Walk in the Rain
As #Delhi records the wettest August in 13 years, Prince Amar Singh of #Udaipur #Mewar takes a walk in this c1690 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #RajNagar #Rajasthan now at Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art USA
On India's 77th #IndependenceDay today the overcast skies of #Delhi are filled with Kites
(Flying Kites on this day is tradition, signifying Independence)
#IndependenceDayCelebration #IndependenceDaySpecial
This c1780 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Bundi #Rajasthan #India was sold by Christies Inc on May 27, 2016
'Ladies in a Palace Garden flying Kites'
The excessively heavy rains during the past couple of days have washed away many roads in the #Himalayan State of #HimachalPradesh #India making it difficult to travel by road
So, this person in a basket is being raised towards a cliff-top village in this 19th century #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from the Cary Welch collection sold by Sotheby's on 31st May, 2011
Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of #Bijapur #Deccan #India in Procession
This detailed work in this #IndianMiniaturePainting is attributed to the school of 'Ali Riza (#Artist), who was a master of shading & stippling, techniques found here in the lively elephants
This c1650 CE #Painting is now at The Metropolitan #Museum of #Art USA
Painters at work (details)
c1580 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from the Gulshan Album now at Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin (Berlin State #Museum), Germany
Is this the earliest depiction of Spectacles, an important object required by the Artists' for their finely tuned eye-hand coordination?
Gambhira #Raga
(Not navigating the rain-water logged roads in #Delhi after the #DelhiRains)
From a c1790 CE #Pahari #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) #IndianMiniaturePainting by a Master of the first Generation of #Artist after #Manaku & #Nainsukh of #Guler #HimachalPradesh from the “Second Guler Ragamala series” now at #Museum Rietberg, Zurich
Why I like old #Paintings is that they show what it was like in those days & how it changed over the years
For example, this c1815 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting now at #Museum of #Islamic #Art at #Doha #Qatar of the 'Mehrauli Darshan' during the #DelhiRains shows the River #Yamuna flowing in the background #Delhi
Presently, this river (now a stream) is miles away
Fortunately, the complex survives still
#IndianHistory #Art #MastoArt #Histodons ##Painting #IndianHeritage #History #Heritage
