Rathayātrā Scroll

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Rathayātrā Scroll

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Central Asian arts
Sculpture and painting
…scroll paintings such as the Rathayātrā Scroll (1617; Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya). Its planar intricacies reveal a new and vital aspect of Nepalese painting, an immediacy of emotion and action of its protagonists, the figures of which are placed on an opaque, velvety ground. The colours of these book…
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…scroll paintings such as the Rathayātrā Scroll (1617; Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya). Its planar intricacies reveal a new and vital aspect of Nepalese painting, an immediacy of emotion and action of its protagonists, the figures of which are placed on an opaque, velvety ground. The colours of these book…
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