Pritha Bhattacharya
Art Researcher
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19th Century • India
Bird\'s eye view from above the Opium Godown at Patna
Research based on 4 sources
Simple Retreat
the artwork depicts the idea that a retreat in itself requires one to experience a Burkean sublime which is why a simple traditional house has been situated amidst a rolling landscape with thickly vegetated forests and what appears to be a hillock. a cobbled path…
The Funeral Dirge at the Funeral of Iskandar
This painting displays groups of mourners with different gestures and postures that show the intensity of their grief. Instead of isolating Iskandar to show him as a hero, he is surrounded with the community that survives and mourns him. This shifts the focus to collective…
Portraits of Hindu Princes and Chiefs
Muhammad Nadir Samarquandi's work, titled "Portraits of Hindu Princes and Chiefs" is an intricately designed album leaf from the Mughal Period (1605- 1627). The work has been divided into four panels with thick borders beyond which four divisions have been created to situate the portraits…