Lecture 18: Miniature Paintings in the Hindu Courts, 17th-18th Centuries
Dec. 03, 1996

  1. Mughal -- Aurangzeb as old man performing his Namaz

    late 17c Private Collection Hambly Collection

  2. India -- Mughal Empire 1526-1707

  3. -- Madrassa of Mahmud Gawan

    South east view Bidar

  4. Bahmani Period -- Madrasa'I Mahmud Gawan

    East side facade Bidar

  5. Mughal-Jahangir -- Jahangir and his retinue

    17c Dublin: Chester Beatty Library

  6. Deccani -- Dancing before Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah. Golconda

    c1590 London: British Museum Add.16762, f. 160v

  7. Deccani -- Ragamala Raga. Hindola

    16c New Delhi: National Museum of India 26208

  8. Deccani -- Ibrahim Adil Shah riding elephant. Bijapur

    Private Collection

  9. Mughal -- Emperor Aurangzeb on Horse back

    Late Imperial Cleveland: Museum of Art 71.81

  10. Deccani -- Portrait of General Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur

    16c

  11. -- Vijayanagar, Lotus Mahal

    ext: general view 16th c. Vijayanagara

  12. -- Vijayanagar, Pampapati Temple

    ext: north gopuram from south of the temple 16th c. Vijayanagara

  13. -- The Taj Mahal

    View over reflecting pool Agra

  14. -- Bibi-Ki- Makbara

    General view Aurungabad

  15. -- Tomb of Muhammad 'Adil Shah

    South Bijapur

  16. -- Tomb of Sultan Muhammad Adil, Shah of Bijapur

    Section in Persp.; Plan of Arches supporting dome; Diagr: Arches; Underground vaults, section 17c Bijapur Gol Gumbaz

  17. Pahari Basohli -- Blessed goddess Kali

    Watercolor, Goldleaf, beetle-wing Philadelphia: Private Collection Collection Alvin O. Bellan

  18. Rajput Pahari Basohli -- Rasamanjari by poet Bhanudatta

    c1690 London: Victoria and Albert Museum I.S.127.1951-

  19. Rajput Pahari -- Bhagavata Purana: Krishna Swallows forest fire

    c1780 London: Victoria and Albert Museum I.S. 113-1955

  20. Pahari Basohli -- Man smoking a Hookah

    Kanoria Collection, BD 9

  21. Rajput Pahari Basohli -- Rasamanjari: Nayika and her lover. Basohli

    c1680 Harvard University: Fogg Art Museum

  22. Pahari Kangra -- Rama & Sita in forest

    c1780 Private Collection Mrs. Douglass Barrett Collection

  23. Pahari Kangra -- Bhagavata Purana: Krishna steals the clothes of Gopis

    18c New Delhi: National Museum of India

  24. Pahari Kangra -- Bhagavata Purana: Krishna bathing with Gopis

    Detail c1770 Varanasi: Bharat Kala Bhavan 6700. detail

  25. Rajput Pahari Kangra -- Bhagavata Purana: Krishna swallows forest fire

    New Delhi: National Museum of India

  26. Pahari Kangra -- Bhagavata Purana: Hour of the cow dust

    c1780 Boston: Museum of Fine Arts

  27. Pahari Kangra -- Bhagavata Purana: Hour of the cow dust

    c1780 Boston: Museum of Fine Arts

  28. -- Udaipur

    city and lake Udaipur

  29. -- Fort

    Distant view Jodhpur

  30. Rajasthani, Malwa -- Ragamala: Kedara Ragini

    c1650 Bharat Kala Bhavan 7456

  31. Rajasthani, Malwa -- Two men outside Palace, Peacock above them

    c1630 Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 68.8.67

  32. Rajasthani, Malwa -- Ragamala: Asavari Ragini

    c1650 Bharat Kala Bhavan 7475

  33. Rajasthani, Malwa -- Ragamala: Asavari Ragini

    Detail c1650 Bharat Kala Bhavan 7475

  34. Rajasthani, Malwa -- Ragamala: Asavari Ragini

    c1680 Bharat Kala Bhavan 1388

  35. Rajasthani, Malwa -- Ragamala: Asavari Ragini

    c1690 Bharat Kala Bhavan 9411

  36. -- Kota, palace gate

    PTG: det: painting Kota

  37. -- Kota, wedding couple

    Kota

  38. Rajasthani, Bundi -- Chunar Ragamala: bilaval Ragini

    Bharat Kala Bhavan 10519

  39. Rajasthani, Bundi -- Lovers in Apavilion

    Bombay, C.D. Gujarati Collection

  40. Rajasthani, Bundi -- Kotah great goddess as Slayer of Demons

    c1740 Maryland Collection of Kenneth X. Robbins

  41. Rajasthani, Bundi -- Gopinath singh slays a lion

    c1625 Private Collection

  42. Rajasthani, Bundi -- Markandeya Purana, Durgapatha: Durga slaying Buffalo-Demon

    18c New York Private Collection

  43. Rajasthani, Bundi -- Baramasa: Braja Brasha- Scorching summer like a drunken elephant

    c1750 Bombay: Prince of Wales Museum

  44. -- Palace

    View over roofs Amber

  45. Rajasthani -- Bikaner Raja Kesri singh attacked by lioness while hunting

    c1700 Bikaner Palace Collection

  46. Rajasthani Kotah -- Ram singh of Kotah hunting Rhinoceros

    1695 Private Collection Kotah

  47. Rajasthani Kotah -- Elephants at play

    c1740 Private Collection Kotah

  48. Rajasthani Kotah -- Bhoj singh of Bundi slays lion

    c1740 Private Collection Kotah

  49. Rajasthani Kotah -- Palace ladies hunting from a pavilion color & gold

    c1810 Cleveland: Museum of Art 5548

  50. Rajasthani Kotah -- Prince in Procession

    c1775 Bharat Kala Bhavan #844

  51. Rajasthani Kotah -- Man holding his own head

    c1775 Kanoria Collection Gkk 24

  52. -- Kalika Mata Temple

    ext: tree shrine Chitor

  53. Jain -- Jayastambha (Victory Tower)

    ext: full view 1457-1468 Chitor