A Heroine and Her Lover in a Pavilion: Page from a Dispersed Nayikabheda ca. 1660–80 India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa) The extensive poetic Nayikabheda literature examines the nature of romantic interactions between idealized male (nayaka) and female (nayika) types. The related paintings translate this poetry into refined visual representations that in Malwa take on formal and iconic qualities. In this work (from the same manuscript as ), the woman’s gesture of speech or exposition indicates that the two characters are engaged in conversation, as befits the sometimes classificatory nature
A Heroine and Her Lover in a Pavilion: Page from a Dispersed Nayikabheda ca. 1660–80 India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa) The extensive poetic Nayikabheda literature examines the nature of romantic interactions between idealized male (nayaka) and female (nayika) types. The related paintings translate this poetry into refined visual representations that in Malwa take on formal and iconic qualities. In this work (from the same manuscript as ), the woman’s gesture of speech or exposition indicates that the two characters are engaged in conversation, as befits the sometimes classificatory nature of the A Heroine and Her Lover in a Pavilion: Page from a Dispersed Nayikabheda 37891
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