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| Keywords: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Series,.jpg Like the adjacent painting this page depicts the god Krishna ™s early life in the idyllic countryside Here we see the effects of Krishna ™s enchanting flute playing An accompanying text reads In the heavens the gods listen to his music; on earth the ascetics offering worship listen as well Women engaged in casual conversation mingled with laughter forget everything and are frozen like a painted picture The image captures the elements of the verse and arranges them in tidy registers around the fluting Krishna with gods riding on boatlike vessels above ascetics seated to the right and women in conversation at the left Such compartmentalization is often used in early Central Indian painting to depict multiple spaces or scenes on a single flat surface ~ 1680 Opaque watercolor on paper 9 1/8 x 14 in 23 2 x 35 6 cm Brooklyn Museum Gift of Dr and Mrs Robert Walzer object history credit line accession number 84 206 2 Bhagavata Purana Series http //www brooklynmuseum org/opencollection/labs/splitsecond/painting php id 115 PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Small images Bhagavata Purana | ||||
