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The medium is ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. It depicts contemporary nobles as the lovers Radha and Krishna. It measures 7 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (19.1 x 11.1 cm). The verso depicts an image of Krishna playing the bansuri. This image is later and probably by a different artist, dating to between approximately 1750 and 1775.
The purpose of pichhwais, other than artistic appeal, is to narrate tales of Krishna to the illiterate. Temples have sets with different images, which are changed according to the calendar of festivals celebrating the deity. [4] Nathdwara painting covers these and similar works in other genres, especially Indian miniature paintings.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
There are typical scenes and figures like Krishna, Gopis, elephants, trees and other creatures are seen in these paintings. Krishna is always painted in blue and Gopis in light pink, purple or brown colours. [24] The painters use vegetable and mineral colours without going for factory-made poster colours. They prepare their own colours. [25]
Ashtabharya with Krishna - 19th Century Mysore painting depicting Krishna with his eight principal consorts.. The Ashtabharya (Sanskrit: अष्टभार्या, romanized: Aṣṭabhāryā) or Ashta-bharya(s) is the group of eight principal queen-consorts of Hindu god Krishna, the king of Dvaraka, Saurashtra [1] in the Dvapara Yuga (epoch).
His dark color and other facial features are an abstraction of the cosmic form of the Hindu god Krishna, states Starza. [36] In some contemporary Jagannath temples, two stumps pointing forward in an embracing position represent his hands.
Krishna Janmashtami is a joyous and widely celebrated festival in India, commemorating the birth of Krishna. The festival typically falls in August or September, on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) in the Hindu lunar calendar. Throughout India, devotees observe Krishna Janmashtami with great fervor and enthusiasm.
Krishna's childhood illustrates the Hindu concept of Lila, playing for fun and enjoyment and not for sport or gain. His interaction with the gopis at the rasa dance or Rasa-lila is an example. Krishna plays his flute and the gopis come immediately, from whatever they were doing, to the banks of the Yamuna River and join him in singing and ...