Setmalar Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes) ca. 1630-40 India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa) This ragini evokes the rainy season and is given dramatic expression by the bands of heavy clouds and snakelike bolts of lightning across the upper register. The associated text by Lachiman Das tells of a woman, who, stricken by separation from her husband, has dressed as a man and taken up asceticism: [She has rubbed ash on her body. .[and remembers, in her heart, [her husband.. [as she sits in the courtyard of the hermitage. The dark clouds appeared from the four directions, followed by the birds and brilliant lightning.” The juxtaposition of flattened forms and color fields, which are typical of the Malwa painting style that flourished outside the Mughal sphere of influence, gives this work a forceful presence.. Setmalar Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes). India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa). ca. 1630-40. Ink and opaque watercolor on paper. P

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Setmalar Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes) ca. 1630-40 India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa) This ragini evokes the rainy season and is given dramatic expression by the bands of heavy clouds and snakelike bolts of lightning across the upper register. The associated text by Lachiman Das tells of a woman, who, stricken by separation from her husband, has dressed as a man and taken up asceticism: [She has rubbed ash on her body. .[and remembers, in her heart, [her husband.. [as she sits in the courtyard of the hermitage. The dark clouds appeared from the four directions, followed by the birds and brilliant lightning.” The juxtaposition of flattened forms and color fields, which are typical of the Malwa painting style that flourished outside the Mughal sphere of influence, gives this work a forceful presence.. Setmalar Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes). India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa). ca. 1630-40. Ink and opaque watercolor on paper. P

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