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Kama Aims His Bow at Radha: Page From a Dispersed Gita Govinda
| Content Provider | The Heritage Lab |
|---|---|
| Organization | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Artist | Anonymous |
| Spatial Coverage | Mewar Rajasthan |
| Temporal Coverage | Circa 1695 |
| Description | Vegetation and architecture divide this painting into thirds. On the right sits Radha, refusing to be comforted. From the trees, Kama, the Hindu god of love, aims arrows at Radha’s heart, while at the center, Radha’s friend walks through the woods to bring Krishna (left) back to his lover. Paintings executed during the reign of Maharana Jai Singh (1680-98), like this one, tend to be executed more crudely and are more repetitive than earlier works. The maharana commissioned hundreds of paintings, and it is likely that his artists had to work quickly and with less refinement to keep up with his demands. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication |
| Use Rights URL | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed |
| Subject Keyword | Calligraphy Gita Govinda Krishna Metropolitan Museum of Art Mewar Radha Rajasthan Tree Painting Rajput Miniature |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Painting |
