Category Archives: Paintings

The Red Sari

Posted on 25/11/2014 by Anu M

Then when the lamps were lit, I should put on my red dress and it would be thin as a veil, and would wind about my body, and billow out as I came into the room, pirouetting. It would make … Continue reading →

Posted in 1930s, Fashion Quote, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Paintings, Sari, Sari Blouse, sari history, vintage art, vintage fashion, vintage sari | Tagged 1930s, Christies, Matthew Smith, red sari, sari, sari blouse, Sunita Reclining, The Waves, vintage art, Virginia Woolf | Leave a comment

Roop and Baz

Posted on 11/11/2014 by Anu M

At first love seemed easy but after hard. [X] For a couple whose legendary relationship was built on a love of poetry and music, Baz Bahadur and Rani Roopmati appear an awful lot in hunting scenes in miniature paintings. Their … Continue reading →

Posted in 16th Century, Art, Asia, churidar kameez, Costume, Culture, Deccan, fashion, historical art, historical costume, historical dress, History, hunt, indian art, Indian Dress, Indian History, Indian men, Indian Singers, Indian Women, Mughal, Music, Paintings, Poetry, Romance, Royalty, Women | Tagged 16th century, Adham Khan, Akbar, Baz Bahadur, Deccan, love story, Mandu, miniature painting, Mughals, Rani Durgavati, Rani Roopmati, romance | Leave a comment

Recreating Vintage/Historical Art

Posted on 11/11/2014 by Anu M

Like him or hate him, Raja Ravi Varma remains influential more than a 100 years after his death. Recreating his work seems to be a bit of a thing ranging from the recent Rang Rasiya to Makaramanju to Pushpamala’s photo … Continue reading →

Posted in 16th Century, 1900s, 1930s, Art, art recreation, Asia, Bengal, Documentary, ghaghra, historical art, historical costume, indian art, Indian Women, Malayalam Cinema, miniature paintings, Paintings, Sari, Vintage, vintage costume | Tagged 16th century, 1930s, Amit Dutta, Ananthabhadram, art, fashion, Hemen Majumdar, Hemendranath Mazumdar, Kavya Madhavan, Nainsukh, Raja Ravi Varma, style, vintage | Leave a comment

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 autumn, contemporary, kurinji, poetry, remya kumar, Tamil Nadu | 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 1920s, 1960s, Abanindranath tagore, art, Indian Women, norman rockwell, sari, vintage art | 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 →