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Two friends enjoying wine, Marwar, 1775-1800 (New Delhi, National Museum)

Authors

Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

Description

The painting is Mughal in setting and in the skilful modelling of facial contours, but in other ways the indigenous tradition has prevailed. The faces are generalized, types rather than portraits of individuals, and the leaf-shaped eyes are extravagantly elongated. The colours are vivid, and the atmosphere is heavy with sensuality.

Keywords

Miniature Painting, Rajasthan: Mewar, Bundi, Kotah, Marwar (Jodhpur), Kishangarh, Jaipur, Amber, Bikaner, etc., paintings, miniatures, slide set

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/188248

Collections

Basham Photographs

Type

License Rights

This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.

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