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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Nationality: Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian Creator Dates/Places: North or Western Indian Creator Active Place: North or Western Indian Creator Name-CRT: North or Western Indian Title: Battle between Krishna and the Fire-Headed Demon Mura View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1500 Creation End Date: 1540 Creation Date: c. 1500-1540 Creation Place: India, Rajasthan or Uttar Pradesh Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors Materials and Techniques: Opaque watercolor and ink on paper Parts and Pieces: folio from a Bhagavata Purana manuscript Dimensions: 7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.9 cm) AMICA Contributor: Asia Society Owner Location: New York, New York, USA ID Number: 1979.055 Credit Line: Asia Society: The Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection Rights: http://www.asiasociety.org Context: Illustrated books dealing with Hindu themes and stories were produced in northwest India by the late 15th century. These books were generally commissioned by lay devotees, often as acts of religious merit. Although they were painted on paper, these bookswere often made in a horizontal format, as can be seen in this folio from an illustrated manuscript of the Bhagavata Purana, which reflects the shape of earlier palm-leaf manuscripts. This folio is from a manscript in which most of the leaves haveSa. Nana or Sa. Mitharam written on them; it is believed to have been commissioned by two brothers who were merchants. The name Sa. Nana is inscribed at the top left of this page. Compiled before the 9th and the 10th centuries, theBhagavata Purana, featuring the exploits of the Hindu god Vishnu, is one of the best known and best loved works of Indian religious literature. Book Ten, which focuses on Vishnu's manifestation as the god Krishna, is the most popular section of this classic, and incidents in it are often depicted in Indian painting. This manuscript page illustrates Krishna's ferocious battle with the five-headed demon Mura, who sleeps under the water surrounding the city of Pragyyotishapura. Here Krishna, carried aloft by the bird-man Garuda and fighting the demon, is shown at the upper left of the page. The domestic scenes at the right show inhabitants of the city, who seem unaware of the combat that is shown raging to the left. The compartmentalization of these two scenes is typical of Indian painting prior to the importation of Persianate styles and techniques to the Islamic courts of India during the 16th century. The juxtaposition of areas of bold color within the painting, the unrealistic proportions of the figures with regard to the architecture, and the exaggeration of body parts as in, for example, the depiction of the eyes, are common in nonimperial paintings from northwest India, as is the pulsating energy in the treatment of the figures. Related Document Description: Asia Society. Handbook of the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection. New York: Asia Society, [1981], p. 28. Related Document Description: Treasures of Asian Art: Selections from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, The Asia Society, New York. Hong Kong and Singapore: Hong Kong Museum of Art and National Museum Singapore, 1993, pp. 72, 73. Related Document Description: Treasures of Asian Art: Selections from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, The Asia Society, New York. Tokyo: Idemitsu Museum of Arts, 1992, pp. 58, 128. AMICA ID: ASIA.1979.055 AMICA Library Year: 1999 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, Asia Society AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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