Art History
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Was Nataraja inspired by the stars?
Kamayani Sharma
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How British artists painted Indian birds they had never seen
Kamayani Sharma
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How Salim used a painting of his grandfather and an astrolabe to forge a new royal identity
Kamayani Sharma
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How Indian artists transformed Western ‘Cubism’
Shatadeep Maitra
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The secret of the Mona Lisa’s smile? She’s actually a vampire
Frankie Dytor, The Conversation
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How a British suffragist brought Ajanta’s ancient paintings into the light of modernity
Kamayani Sharma
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Art history: What was the work of the Madras Progressive Painters’ Association like?
Bina Sarkar Ellias
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A painting of Akbar in a drunken brawl is a history lesson in manliness and kingship
Kamayani Sharma
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Why these travel posters sparked a fiery debate between Indian and British legislators in the 1930s
Kamayani Sharma
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj
Kamayani Sharma
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A new book profiles art critic Rudolf von Leyden, champion of India’s emerging avant-garde painters
Reema Desai Gehi
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Kavita Singh (1964-2023): A brilliant art historian and teacher with an insatiable zest for life
Saloni Mathur Jyotindra Jain Parul Dave Mukherji Deepti Mulgund
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What a tiny difference in two very similar portraits of a sultan tells us about 16th-century India
Kamayani Sharma
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A robot in a 400-year-old painting of Jahangir is a lesson in how rulers project global power
Kamayani Sharma
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How did the Indian langur end up in a prehistoric mural in Greece?
Kamayani Sharma
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Islamic paintings of the Prophet are an important piece of history. Teaching them shouldn’t be taboo
Christiane Gruber, The Conversation
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Drawing Hindu epics in Art Deco style, this Polish artist left behind a striking legacy
Kamayani Sharma
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From miniatures, manuscripts to textiles and photos: Art comes alive in BN Goswamy’s Conversations
Shanta Gokhale
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Images: Where were these miniatures of Sikh rulers painted?
JP Losty
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How we discovered world’s oldest known cave painting of animals in a secret Indonesian valley
Adam Brumm, The Conversation Adhi Oktaviana, The Conversation Basran Burhan, The Conversation Maxime Aubert, The Conversation