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Re: Holy Men & Women, and the Beings Who Visit Them
« Reply #105 on: July 30, 2016, 06:49:56 PM »
Quote from: Nichi on July 27, 2016, 05:03:36 AM
You can't really see the hairstyle of the holy man unless you click and enlarge the attachment. True for all of these: there is rich detail to be had in enlarging the attachments.

The reason this painting is so interesting is that the garb of the holy man - the patchwork-stitched robe - is an indicator that he is Sufi, I've come to discover. (You see patchwork - it's a Sufi...) So, how remarkable and lovely that Krishna is befriending and honoring a Sufi.

The enlargement does show some beautiful detail.
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Re: Holy Men & Women, and the Beings Who Visit Them
« Reply #106 on: August 01, 2016, 08:29:23 PM »
Quote from: Michael on July 30, 2016, 06:49:56 PM
The enlargement does show some beautiful detail.

And you can see in the upper quadrant that Krishna has multiplied himself many times... having gatherings with different women simultaneously. :)
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Re: Holy Men & Women, and the Beings Who Visit Them
« Reply #107 on: August 02, 2016, 07:25:26 AM »

A priest and a pilgrim. Thanjavur, c.1770.

(Anyone know what the pilgrim is carrying?)

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Re: Holy Men & Women, and the Beings Who Visit Them
« Reply #108 on: August 19, 2016, 03:09:09 PM »

Mystic Attended by Angels, India, Lucknow, circa 1780.
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Re: Holy Men & Women, and the Beings Who Visit Them
« Reply #109 on: August 19, 2016, 03:11:44 PM »

'Sage seated in ‘Padmasana posture' Basohli, early 18th cent. A.D. Paper. National Museum of New Delhi
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Re: Holy Men & Women, and the Beings Who Visit Them
« Reply #110 on: August 19, 2016, 03:15:04 PM »

A royal ascetic. Deccani, Bijapur, c. 1660. "The British Library’s only 17th century image of a Deccani yogi is this magnificent & enigmatic study of a royal ascetic wearing the patchwork robe of a yogi, seated on a tiger skin beside a fire, with the crescent moon linking him with the great yogi Shiva himself. His sword, dagger, club & fakir’s crutch (no less useful as a weapon than a support for meditation) suggest he might be one of the warrior ascetics who roamed India in bands in 17th/18th cent.
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Re: Holy Men & Women, and the Beings Who Visit Them
« Reply #111 on: August 19, 2016, 03:20:28 PM »

Female ascetic holding a rosary. Lucknow, c.1815-20.

Best view in attachment or here:
http://media.vam.ac.uk/collections/img/2011/EX/2011EX3415_2500.jpg
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Re: Holy Men & Women, and the Beings Who Visit Them
« Reply #112 on: August 19, 2016, 03:34:56 PM »

Sage Makandeya’s Ashram , attributed to the “Darga Master”. 17th-18th century, from the "Garden and Cosmos" exhibition.

Must click/enlarge here for best view:
https://chawedrosin.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/sage-markandeyas-ashram.jpg

It would be interesting to have more detail about this painting. Markandeya is the sage who foretold of the coming of Krishna. Does that mean that the "king" in this painting is Kamsa, who tried to have Krishna killed as an infant? Could be, but I don't know.
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Re: Holy Men & Women, and the Beings Who Visit Them
« Reply #113 on: August 19, 2016, 03:54:59 PM »

Indian, Deccan. A prince visiting a female ascetic, early 18th century. Opaque watercolour and gold.

For full detail, click and enlarge:
http://artimage.princeton.edu/files/ProductionJpegs/STU00683.jpg
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Re: Holy Men & Women, and the Beings Who Visit Them
« Reply #114 on: December 27, 2016, 06:22:37 PM »

Yoginis meeting. No data noted. Appears to be Mughal, probably 18th century.

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Re: Holy Men & Women, and the Beings Who Visit Them
« Reply #115 on: March 29, 2017, 04:08:06 PM »

Large Clive Album, yogini seated by stream, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Bijapur, 1605-1640

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Re: Holy Men & Women, and the Beings Who Visit Them
« Reply #116 on: March 12, 2018, 10:11:25 AM »

A group of ascetics seated outside a hut, watercolour, Murshidabad Bengal, c.1750




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Re: Holy Men & Women, and the Beings Who Visit Them
« Reply #117 on: May 27, 2018, 08:53:35 AM »

Women meeting yogini. Data not noted.




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Re: Holy Men & Women, and the Beings Who Visit Them
« Reply #118 on: May 27, 2018, 09:25:00 AM »
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Re: Holy Men & Women, and the Beings Who Visit Them
« Reply #119 on: November 05, 2018, 02:33:37 PM »

Ascetics in a Landscape. Bundi, 1750. Aga Khan Museum, Toronto.




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