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Probably Amber, c. 1610-1620. British Museum. Ragamala paintings are a form of Indian miniature painting, a set of illustrative paintings of the Ragamala or "Garland of Ragas", depicting variations of the Indian musical modes called ragas. They stand as a classical example of the amalgamation of art, poetry and classical music in medieval India.
Ragmala, alternatively spelt as Raagmala or Ragamala (Punjabi: ਰਾਗਮਾਲਾ ; pronounced rāgmālā,) is a composition of twelve verses (sixty lines) that names various raga. These raga appear in the saroops of Guru Granth Sahib , after the compositions of Guru Arjan entitled Mundavani (ਮੁੰਦਾਵਣੀ; meaning "The Royal Seal".)
Indian painting has a very long tradition and history in Indian art. [1] The earliest Indian paintings were the rock paintings of prehistoric times, such as the petroglyphs found in places like the Bhimbetka rock shelters. Some of the Stone Age rock paintings found among the Bhimbetka rock shelters are approximately 10,000 years old.
A good example of those qualities is the most important early landmark in Marwar painting, the so-called Pali Ragamala of 1623 (see illustration), painted by Pandit Virji. The paintings are in an archaic horizontal format and represent lively folk style strongly influenced by the tradition of Jain manuscript painting.
Polyptych, made by the workshop of the Lübeck master Hermen Rode in 1478–1481, at the High Altar in St. Nicholas Church in Tallinn, Estonia. A polyptych (/ ˈpɒlɪptɪk / POL-ip-tik; Greek: poly- "many" and ptychē "fold") is a painting (usually panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels. Specifically, a diptych is a two-part ...
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English: Two lovers, folio from a Ragamala album. Pigment on cloth, in the technique closely resembling that used in Orissan patha-chitras. This panel is perhaps meant to illustrate Kodaba, a Raga not widely known. 16 x 12cm. Orissa, mid-nineteenth century. Private collection
Thanjavur painting is a classical South Indian painting style, originating in the town of Thanjavur (anglicized as Tanjore) in Tamil Nadu.The art form draws its immediate resources and inspiration from way back about 1600 AD, a period when the Nayakas of Thanjavur under the suzerainty of the Vijayanagara Rayas encouraged art—chiefly, classical dance and music—as well as literature, both in ...