Art through the History and Culture of India
Akta Patel
History of India through art• Name of Painting: Akbar
Inspecting The Constitution of Fatehpur Sikri
• Place of Origin: Mughal Empire• Time Era: C. 1950• Size of Painting: 14¾" x 10" • Medium: Opaque watercolor on
paper• Location: Victoria & Albert
Museum, London• Painting Creators: Design by
Tulsi the Elder, Painting by Bandi, Portraits by Madhu the Younger
• Attributes: Shows historical time figures, has a lot of colors
Jahangir and Shah Abbas• Origin: Mughal Period,
C. 1618• Size of painting: 9⅜" x
6" (23.8 x16.5 cm)• Medium: Opaque
Watercolor, gold and ink on paper
• Location of painting: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C
• Attributes: Shows a close bond between the two men and shows the presence of a lion and lamb lying peacefully.
Culture of India through Art
• Title of Painting: Jahangir and Prince Khurram feasted by Nur Jahan
• Origin: Mughal Period, 1617• Size: 9.9" x 5⅝" • Location of painting: Freer
Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C
• Medium: Paint and gold on paper
• Attributes: Showing a picnic with husband and son, only memory of seeing his wife around.
Krishna and The Gopis
• Origin: Mughal Period c. 1525-1550
• Size of Painting: 4⅞" x 7½" • Medium: Gouache on paper• Location of Painitng: Prince
of Wales Museum, Mumbai• Attributes: Shows a
relationship between krishna and radha, which in a poem is a metaphor between humans and god.
Hour of Cowdust• Origin:Punjab Hills,
India, Kangra School Mughal Period c.1790
• Size of Painting: 14.9" x 12.5"
• Medium: Gouache on paper
• Location of Painting: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Attributes: Shows an important piece of Indian culture.