Sabana Parveen

It is not just a scenic portrayal of towering mountain where parted storm clouds and the golden light is pouring onto the calm glassy lake but is shows a place of absolute stillness and unexpected hope waiting on the other side.The artwork was painted three…

Ghulam ’Ali Khan’s portrait of Humayun’s Tomb is a deeply poetic. It leaves a lasting imprint on memory transition and eternal dignity created during the waning days of the Mughal Empire. By capturing the grand monument in pristine solitary quietude the painter has transcended simple…

Minuet at the Villa is not a painting commissioned for a doge or a cardinal but it is painted on the walls of the painter Domenico's own country house at Zianigo. This isn't a artwork created to impression any nobles or official person so it…

This is a Realist historical painting depicting the immediate aftermath of one of the more haunting episodes in Russian imperial history ,the murder of the deposed child-emperor Ivan VI in July 1764. Ivan VI was proclaimed emperor as an infant in 1740, deposed within a…

This painting is considered a masterpiece of the Pahari miniature tradition.The most striking element of the painting is its radical minimalism when a standard Pahari portraits placed royal figures against rich architectural backdrops, lush gardens and crowded court scenes.The subject is seen standing on a…

The artwork on the canvas canvas holds a loose constellation of rectangles, triangles, and bars in yellow, black, blue, and a few muted tones set on a white background. The different shapes are placed haphazardly and everything is tilted giving the impression that it has…

Evening Toilet by Kalipada Ghoshal who was one of the prominent masters of the Bengal School of Art through this painting explores the poetic expression of femininity, solitude, and ritual. In order to understand this artwork one has to move past the modern meaning of…

The above painting depicts a scene from the Ashvamedha Parva ,the popular Jaiminiya retelling of the Mahabharata.The artist has shown the post-war sacrificial horse Ashvamedha wandersing into Mahishmati or Malwa in the Persian text. The King Niladhvaja’s son seizes the horse triggering a fierce battle…

The painting depicts a noblewoman with no upper garment seated in a cloth-lined bathtub draped in white crimson curtains in lower half . The scene surrounding her shows a domestic life in which a young boy is seen reaching for a bowl of fruit, a…

The painting has depicted the meeting between Indra the vedic God of Rain also called king of Gods and Brihaspati revered as the teacher of god's who rule Jupiter.In Hindu Mythology, Indra is often depicted as vulnerable king who is powerful but is filled by…

Ranada although trained by British institution has used soft wash technique drawn from Mughal miniature, Rajput painting, and Japanese nihonga in this particular painting as a form of swadeshi cultural assertion.He has used mythological and devotional subject matter to reclaim an indigenous visual language against…

This painting depicts the efforts of twentieth-century Indian artists to document and archive historical trauma.The 1803 Fire of Bombay ,was a pivotal moment in modern history of India that forced the British colonial rulers to dismantle the congested native settlements inside the Fort walls, and…

The masterpiece "Fall of the giants" as known in the english language by Giulio Romano portrays the moment Jupiter and the Olympian gods puts back the rebellious Giants back to earth and Giulio through his painting has bring this live to his viewers so much…

Pérez de Aguilar's in his painting tilled "Alacena" (Cupboard), has created an illusion so masterfully that the wall has becomes a glass-fronted cupboard, complete with a key dangling from its lock, holding three shelves stacked with everyday household items. The viewers can see all the…

This miniature captures a quietly touching moment: young Prince Akbar climbing up into a tree house to show his father, the exiled emperor Humayun, a painting he's made — and in a wonderfully playful twist, the painting he's holding out is actually a tiny mirror…

Painted by the court artist Bhura, depicts the celebrations at the royal city of Fatehpur Sikri, after the birth of Akbar's second son, Murad, in 1570. This is a scene of a royal birth, a city throwing a party, artists working together to capture the…

This painting depicts the contrasting nature of human world both beautiful and brutal at the exact same time.Isfandiyar is painted in striking blue armour running his sword through Arjasp, and right next to that, almost casually, there's a severed head and a headless body lying…

This painting feels less like a formal record and more like someone trying to hold onto a moment that mattered to them personally. Jahangir was looking back at his own birth, decades later, and asking his court painter to help him picture it — which…

The most famous painting by Domenico Fetti titled" Parable of the Lost Drachma".A woman kneels in a sparsely furnished room, searching the floor by the light of a small oil lamp — the only light source in the composition, with all shadows radiating from it.…

Bellotto's "Capriccio with the Campidoglio" depicts a deliberate collision between invention and documentation.Through this painting he takes the viewer through the crumbling madeup ruins he painted and then lifts the curtains and one sees the real Rome through Michelangelo's grand stairway up to the capitoline…

The painting depicts a group of man gathered in a seious discussion likely about literature or religious texts while a younger figure walk away lost in thought suggesting that the young man may have lost the debate.The younger man turning away captures a relatable humane…

Suzuki Kiitsu;s work titled " Morning Glories " is a celebration of natures wonder and symbolises the fleeting nature of life and beauty which is a central theme is Japanese art. He has painted the glory vines against a gold background intentionally to direct the…

The painting was painted in 1907 as a pair of folding screens .Auttumn has always carried a particular weight in Japanese art .It is the season that symbolizes time passing in real time -with the leaves going from green to brown and finalling shedding down…

This painting titled "zhaozhou and Dog;with gesse and Mynah" by famous Japanese artist Toeki in the early 17th century shows quiet interaction of different of different lives human, animal and spiritual in the same scroll.The central focus of the painting is monk zhaozhao representing calm…

The painting title "kudhavai seeks a boon "gives a strong reading of the scene. The woman named Kundavai can be seen kneeling before a powerful man -Periya Pazhuvettaraiyar is not mere submission but a calculated political move. By performing an act of extreme deference, she…

The painting depicts a woman feeding a parrot highlighting the domestic life with the cultural identity of the Parsis in India.In this painting Bomanji has blended Indian subject matter with western academic realism.In this painting the lights falls on the woman's face and the folds…

This art titled "The Red-headed vulture and Long-Billed vulture is great an example of Mughal-era painting depicting nature painted by Ustad Mansur, a court painter under Jahangir.The painting is deliberately shows the bird against a pale background highlighting their distinct physcial characteristics.It also depicts Jahangir's…

The painting titled "Tsar" by Sergey ivanov depicts a king's procession in the harsh winters of Russia during Tsarist reign . The Tsar is on a horseback surrounded by soldiers wearing red kaftans holding the Tsar halberd-a type of pole arm in outward which inflicts…