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.