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Nata Ragina: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
| Content Provider | The Heritage Lab |
|---|---|
| Artist | Mohamed |
| Organization | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Spatial Coverage | Bikaner Rajasthan |
| Temporal Coverage | 1714 |
| Description | Within the ragamala tradition the association of music, text, and image is not always obvious. In this instance, in accord with visualizing music in a heroic mode, a male figure is described in the text as “[g]ripping his sword [as] he moves about the field of battle.” Yet this text also refers to a ragini, maKing the musical mode feminine, and hence the protagonist should presumably be a woman. While there are examples of this scene with a woman dressed as a warrior, more often, as we see here, it is a male figure. Such contradictions are common within the ragamala genre. |
| 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 | Bikaner Ragamala Ragini Rajasthan Painting Rajput Miniature Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Painting |
