Category Archives: Art

The Autumn Post

Posted on 23/09/2014 by Anu M

We are kind of heading towards autumn in India. Less marked by weather and more by festivals these days. So a little bit about the kuṟiñci, an autumnal flower, that bloomed in some parts of the South this year. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Flora, Flowers, il nadu, oetry, Paintings, rinji, Seasons, South India, Tamil, Tribal | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

Two Women

Posted on 01/09/2014 by Anu M

The Colours of India: Abanindranath Tagore, Jamuna,1926. [X] Norman Rockwell, Portrait of an Indian art student (1962). [X]

Posted in 1920s, 1960s, 20th century, Art, Bengal, Culture, Early 20th Century, fashion, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Paintings, Sari, Sari Blouse, sari history, vintage art, vintage fashion, vintage sari | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Spring Post

Posted on 07/03/2014 by Anu M

पुष्पिताग्रांश्च पश्येमान्कर्णिकारान्समन्ततः। हाटकप्रतिसंचन्नान्नरान्पीताम्बरानिव॥ And look at these flower-tipped karnikāras everywhere – they look like men robed in yellow and laden with golden jewellery. [X] Spring (Vasanta) in India is generally in the months of Phalguna and Chaitra (roughly March and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Contemporary, Culture, Flowers, Hinduism, History, Indian Dress, Indian men, Late 19th century, Literature, Paintings, Sanskrit Drama | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

In the West

Posted on 07/03/2014 by Anu M

  Indra Dugar‘s paintings of the 1940s-the colours and costumes suggest Rajasthan/Gujarat.

Posted in 1940s, Art, Costume, fashion, Indian Dress, Paintings, Rural, vintage art, vintage fashion | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Orange is the New Black – 2

Posted on 17/02/2014 by Anu M

Untitled, MV Dhurandhar, 1917

Posted in 1920s, Art, Asia, Early 19th century, fashion, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Paintings, Sari, Sari Blouse, vintage art, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, vintage sari | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Women of India

Posted on 07/02/2014 by Anu M

–Women of India – MV Dhurandhar via Santanus. X X

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The Salwar Post-North & South

Posted on 07/02/2014 by Anu M

North and South: Punjab Hills, circa 1840-50 Mohammedan Girl, Madras, Illustration by Lady Lawley, 1914. __*__ All the salwar posts on tumblr.

Posted in 1840s, 1910s, 19th century, Art, Birds, churidar kameez, Early 19th century, Early 20th Century, eez, fashion, Girls, historical costume, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Islamic Dress, Paintings, salwar, Salwar Kameez, upatta, vintage fashion, Women | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Midweek Post- 3

Posted on 11/12/2013 by Anu M

In the closing decades of the nineteenth century in a land already thronging with all manner of gods and goddesses there surfaced a novel deity of nation and country who at some moments in the subsequent years seemed to tower … Continue reading →

Posted in 1910s, 1920s, Art, British Raj, Colonial, Early 20th Century, Flapper, Goddess, History, Illustration, Independence, India, Indian History, Sari, Sari Blouse, vintage art, Women | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Midweek Post-2

Posted on 11/12/2013 by Anu M

Women in blue saris playing cards, B Prabha George Keyt‘s cubist work, Woman in a Blue Sari, mid 1940s

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The Goa Post – 2

Posted on 23/11/2013 by Anu M

Angelo da Fonseca, who was known for his Indianised Christian themed art. The two paintings, dated 1967 and 1959, represent the two most common dress forms worn in India, the sari and the three piece that includes a dupatta and … Continue reading →

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