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Radha; Krishna Radha and Krishna on the terrace, Indian miniature painting, Kishangarh style, c. 1760.
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Radha; Krishna Radha and Krishna, a Kishangarh painting, mid-18th century; in Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Kishangarh painting

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Kishangarh painting, 18th-century school of the Rājasthanī style of Indian painting that arose in the princely state of Kishangarh (central Rājasthān state). The school is clearly distinguished by its individualistic facial type and its religious intensity. The sensitive, refined features of the men and women are drawn with pointed noses and chins, deeply curved eyes, and serpentine locks of hair. Their action is frequently shown to occur in large panoramic landscapes. Though competent paintings similar...

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