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DiaporamaNata Ragina: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
1714
15.0 x 12.0 cm
mohamed ounouh (? – ?)
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Within the ragamala tradition the association of music, text, and image is not always obvious. In this instance, in accord with visualizing music in a heroic mode, a male figure is described in the text as “[g]ripping his sword [as] he moves about the field of battle.” Yet this text also refers to a ragini, making the musical mode feminine, and hence the protagonist should presumably be a woman. While there are examples of this scene with a woman dressed as a warrior, more often, as we see here, it is a male figure. Such contradictions are common within the ragamala genre.
About this artwork
- Title: Nata Ragina: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
- Artist: mohamed ounouh
- Year: 1714
- Original dimensions: 15.0 x 12.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Color hue: Green Spectrum
- Perceived brightness: brilliant
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