Sep 4, 2014 | Asian Art, PoP Highlights, Renaissance
Painted ceiling of Badal Mahal, Bundi Palace, Bundi, India, circe 1605 I would rather look at the painted ceiling of Badal Mahal in Bundi Palace than just about anything else I can imagine. I immediately think: this is Rajasthan’s Sistine Chapel. Suddenly my trip to...
May 15, 2014 | 18th-19th C., Asian Art, PoP Highlights
Anonymous, Rajasthan, c. 18th century, Ink and colour on paper “A page from a manuscript illustrating the ten incarnations of Vishnu…” Ajit Mookerjee, Yoga Art, 1975 Thames and Hudson I love this image. And have for many years. Actually, it’s less about one painting...
Mar 13, 2014 | 18th-19th C., Asian Art, PoP Highlights
Shiva Vishvarupa, Nepal 19th century, Mineral pigment on cloth, Rubin Museum of Art Before I can grasp it with my mind, this painting has already saturated and immobilized me. What am I looking at? Not so much a painting as a force. Before me is a medium-sized...
