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Rama and Lakshmana Search in Vain for Sita: Illustrated folio from a dispersed Ramayana series
| Content Provider | The Heritage Lab |
|---|---|
| Organization | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Artist | Anonymous |
| Spatial Coverage | Mewar Rajasthan |
| Temporal Coverage | Circa 1680 |
| Description | “Ranging the woods, hills, rivers and lakes on every side, searching the plateaus, caves and summits of the mountain, these two sons of Dasaratha could not find Sita anywhere.” The artist has provided a literal rendering of this passage from the Ramayana describing each desperate endeavor to find Sita, their mounting distress conveyed by Rama’s animated gestures. A pair of white storks evokes the bond of lovers, alluding to Rama’s apparent loss. The usual blue ground adds to the sobriety of the scene. The Mewari artist could not resist celebrating the variegated foliage of the forest landscape and inserting the startling white horizon line between earth and sky. |
| 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 | Bird Calligraphy Lakshmana Metropolitan Museum of Art Mewar Rajasthan Rama Ramayana Tree Painting Rajput Miniature |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Painting |
