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| Keywords: Dhanyashri Ragini.jpg In the fifteenth or sixteenth century a new genre of painting developed that attempted to capture in imagery the moods of famous passages of classical music The music known as ragas or raginis inspired artists to create little scenarios ”happy or sad fierce or quiet taking place in the daytime or nighttime the summer or winter ”that were illustrated over and over again Like many ragini paintings Dhayashri shows a woman who misses her beloved Here the woman with green skin paints a picture of her absent lover hoping that this will magically conjure him up Her friend sits with her apparently berating her for wasting her time Peacocks often appear in images of lonely women because their cry sounds like that of a woman in pain ~ 1695 Opaque watercolor silver and gold on paper Overall 7 5/16 x 6 in 18 6 x 15 2 cm Institution Brooklyn Museum object history credit line Anonymous gift accession number 81 192 5 illustrated Ragamala series http //www brooklynmuseum org/opencollection/labs/splitsecond/painting php id 98 PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Ragamala 1690s watercolor paintings | ||||
