Indian Miniature Painting from the Rajput Kingdoms
This course will take you through the visual language and technique of early Rajput painting practised in the courts of Rajput rules or Rajasthan and Hill kingdoms in the 16th and 17th centuries. Originating in Western India without influence of Persian or Mughal painting, this style eventually made its way into other workshops of Northern India. Famous examples of early Rajput painting are the Chaurapanchasika group, which includes paintings illustrating the Sanskrit love-poem Chaurapanchasika, Palam Bhagavatam, Devi Mahatmya, Aranyaka Parva of the Mahabharata, Laud Ragamala and a Ragini Bhairava from the Bhagavata Purana series.
Distinctive features of this style are vibrant colours, strong outlines, decorated patterns, poetic symbolism and highly stylized figures using hand gestures and facial ex
Our main references for the course will be an image from the Chaurapanchasika series and the Ragini Bhairava from the Bhagavata Purana series at the Victoria & Albert Museum reserve collection. We will be working on handmade paper using squirrel-hair brushes and natural pigments prepared in the class. Join us in exploring this fascinating and less-known early style of Indian miniature painting.
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This course will take you through the visual language and technique of early Rajput painting practised in the courts of Rajput rules or Rajasthan and Hill kingdoms in the 16th and 17th centuries. Originating in Western India without influence of Persian or Mughal painting, this style eventually made its way into other workshops of Northern India. Famous examples of early Rajput painting are the Chaurapanchasika group, which includes paintings illustrating the Sanskrit love-poem Chaurapanchasika, Palam Bhagavatam, Devi Mahatmya, Aranyaka Parva of the Mahabharata, Laud Ragamala and a Ragini Bhairava from the Bhagavata Purana series.
Distinctive features of this style are vibrant colours, strong outlines, decorated patterns, poetic symbolism and highly stylized figures using hand gestures and facial ex
Our main references for the course will be an image from the Chaurapanchasika series and the Ragini Bhairava from the Bhagavata Purana series at the Victoria & Albert Museum reserve collection. We will be working on handmade paper using squirrel-hair brushes and natural pigments prepared in the class. Join us in exploring this fascinating and less-known early style of Indian miniature painting.
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