Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Toilet
Alternate Title:
Lady at her Toilet with Mirror
Image View:
Overall view
Creator:
unknown (Indian (South Asian))
Location:
repository: Indian Museum (Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Location Note:
(Calcutta); 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Rd. Provenance: Guler, Pahari
GPS:
22.558056 88.350833
Date:
1770 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Indian (South Asian)
Style Period:
Guler; Pahari
Work Type 1:
watercolor (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
ink and opaque watercolor (gouache) on paper
Technique:
aquarelle (technique)
Subjects:
decorative arts; genre; Hinduism; Rajput; Pahari; Guler
Description:
This is the late Guler style, datable to 1770, during the reign of Prakash Chand (1773-1779). Guler was a regional school of Pahari (one of the schools of Rajput) miniature painting associated with the small principality of Guler in the eastern Pahari hills. The ruling house of Guler served the Mughal empire until 1739 which affected the development of painting in Guler, since paintings were often exchanged and given as gifts. Pahari painting is considered the last vital Hindu art form before the neutralizing effect of the West was felt in the nineteenth century. (Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus; http://www.getty.edu /research/conducting _research/vocabulari es/aat/)
Image Description:
Discussed in A History of Indian Painting by Krishna Chaitanya (Pl. 15).
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A2-IN-ZOL-BG-TOIL-A 01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Toilet