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Bani Thani was a singer and poet in Kishangarh in the time of Raja Sawant Singh (1748–1764), whose mistress she became. After he abdicated the throne the couple retired to a comfortable life in Vrindavan , a place associated with the life of Krishna and Radha , to whom Sawant Singh was greatly devoted.
Bani Thani, attributed to Nihâl Chand, National Museum, New Delhi An 18th century Rajput painting by Nihâl Chand. Nihâl Chand (1710–1782) was an Indian painter and poet who produced some of the best known examples of Rajput painting.
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Krishna and Radha, attributed to Nihal Chand, a master of the Kishangarh miniature school trained at the imperial court in Delhi. [1]Apart from the architecture of Rajasthan, the most notable forms of the visual art of Rajasthan are architectural sculpture on Hindu and Jain temples in the medieval era, in painting illustrations to religious texts, beginning in the late medieval period, and ...
Art from Jodhpur, also known as the Marwar style, is defined by large thick eyes on well-defined physical features. [40] The Kishangarh artists championed the Bani-Thani figures, that is the perfect model of womanhood, and were inspired by Raja Sawant Singh. [41] A unique lyricism, elegance and rhythm characterise these masterpieces.
The famous Bani Thani portrait by artist Nihâl Chand was inspired by Radha's physical features ... Krishna painting feet of Radha, 1760 art form based on Braj's ...
Clockwise from upper left: Ajanta fresco (450), Radha Bani thani (ca. 18th century), Gita Govinda series (1825), Shakuntala (1870). Art forms of India Religions
Savant Singh (reigned 1748-1757) and Bani Thani in the Guise of Krishna and Radha Cruising on Lake Gundalao, Kishangarh. Kishangarh was the capital of the eponymous princely state during the British Raj, which was located in the Rajputana Agency. It had an area of 2210 km 2 (858 miles²) and a population in 1901 of 90,970. This figure for ...