Indian Miniature Paintings: Princess Foot-soaking

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Princess Foot-soaking

3 comments:

KalpanaS said...: perhaps a fish pedicure?:)
Exquisite detail- would love more info thanks.; September 11, 2011 at 11:51 AM
jeronimus said...: Hi Kalpana. I liked this painting so much I posted it to my spirituality/philosophy blog:
Sorry I don't have any more info on the painting itself or the artist, but I posted about foot-soaking there.
http://ownerlessmind.blogspot.com/2011/09/mughal-miniature-painting-of-princess.html; September 11, 2011 at 5:29 PM
yashoda said...: This is gorgeous ! And she even holds an icepack on her liver !!!; October 19, 2011 at 2:48 AM

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A celebration of the rich tradition of Indian miniature painting.

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The term miniature suggests a tiny painting but in fact indicates a style of watercolour work similar to early European book illustrations which used the red pigment minia. Some Indian miniatures are quite large.

Many of the most exquisite Indian miniatures were commissioned during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar. He was an enlightened ruler and patron of the arts who wanted to create a new culture uniting the best aspects of Hindu, Christian and Islamic religion and art.

Included are some Persian miniatures because they were a major influence on Mughal miniature painting.

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