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| Keywords: Dipaka Raga.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 This painting depicts one of the most famous ragas Dipaka which means oil lamp It is perhaps the most passionate and fiery of the ragas designed to be performed at noon during the summer; it is said that when it is properly performed it can start fires The subject is a couple in the midst of a passionate tryst This depiction at first seems relatively cool; however if one looks closely the flames of passion are imprinted on the man ™s robe and his turban ornament ”usually a feather ”is in fact ablaze circa 1690 1700 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper Overall 9 7/8 x 7 5/8 in 25 1 x 19 4 cm Institution Brooklyn Museum object history credit line Gift of Charlene and S Sanford Kornblum accession number 1991 77 Illustrated Ragamala series http //www brooklynmuseum org/opencollection/labs/splitsecond/painting php id 153 PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Ragamala 1690s watercolor paintings | ||||
