Comments on: ‘Indian Summer’ Season at the British Museum Offer http://www.audleyblog.com/2009/05/27/british-museum-offer-for-indian-summer-season/ Life at the Mill Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:36:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Liz Stanford http://www.audleyblog.com/2009/05/27/british-museum-offer-for-indian-summer-season/comment-page-1/#comment-2933 Liz Stanford Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:00:37 +0000 http://www.audleyblog.com/?p=1011#comment-2933 Since I wrote this post I have now been to see the exhibition. I am passionate about Indian art and last year realized a long held ambition to travel to India and see the Taj Mahal and numerous other forts, palaces and monuments. So I was very excited to hear about this exhibition which showcases many paintings not seen in Europe before and which were originally produced only for the enjoyment of the Maharaja and his court. The exhibition did not disappoint and I had a wonderful time admiring the beautiful and surprizingly vibrant paintings (considering many were from the 17th century!) which ranged from miniatures to monumental artworks depicting the palaces, wives and families of the rulers of Jodhpur, as well as later ones which depicted episodes from epic narratives as well as yogic tradition. The detail in many was incredible with every available surface decorated in intricate and beautiful designs. A squirrel hair brush was used to capture this and a very steady hand must have been necessary! There was also a beautiful embroidered and quilted tent canopy which is rather different to our tents of today! I would really recommend the exhibition and the audio guide was also well worth it and really added to the experience. I'm now saving up for the richly illustrated catalogue so I can savour the paintings in my own time! Since I wrote this post I have now been to see the exhibition. I am passionate about Indian art and last year realized a long held ambition to travel to India and see the Taj Mahal and numerous other forts, palaces and monuments.

So I was very excited to hear about this exhibition which showcases many paintings not seen in Europe before and which were originally produced only for the enjoyment of the Maharaja and his court.

The exhibition did not disappoint and I had a wonderful time admiring the beautiful and surprizingly vibrant paintings (considering many were from the 17th century!) which ranged from miniatures to monumental artworks depicting the palaces, wives and families of the rulers of Jodhpur, as well as later ones which depicted episodes from epic narratives as well as yogic tradition. The detail in many was incredible with every available surface decorated in intricate and beautiful designs. A squirrel hair brush was used to capture this and a very steady hand must have been necessary!

There was also a beautiful embroidered and quilted tent canopy which is rather different to our tents of today!

I would really recommend the exhibition and the audio guide was also well worth it and really added to the experience. I’m now saving up for the richly illustrated catalogue so I can savour the paintings in my own time!

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