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DiaporamaCarudatta Presenting a Pearl Necklace to Vasantesena
Indian Traditionalism
1952
25.0 x 35.0 cm
Srimati used figure-types from the sixth-century murals at Ajanta’s Buddhist rock-cut cave monasteries as the basis for a series of paintings that explore and, in a sense, celebrate the art of India’s past. In this she was following the teachings of Nandalal Bose and others who advocated looking to Indian history for appropriate subjects. In this work we see the Ajantaesque style deployed in the service of an early Sanskrit secular drama, Mrcchakatika (The Little Clay Cart). The play, likely dating to the third or fourth century A.D., explores the love of a rich courtesan, Vasantesena, and a noble-spirited Brahmin, Carudatta. The complexities of the drama and the celebration of the nobility of selfless giving are skillfully evoked in this small, intense painting.
y. g. srimati (1926 – 2007)
Explore the vibrant art of y. g. srimati – a 20th-century Indian musician & painter. Known for nationalist themes, space painting & influenced by Bose & Ajanta caves.
About this artwork
- Title: Carudatta Presenting a Pearl Necklace to Vasantesena
- Artist: y. g. srimati
- Year: 1952
- Original dimensions: 25.0 x 35.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Movement: Indian Traditionalism
- Corpus context: exploring indian heritage , nationalist artistic vision
- Keywords: rich colors painting , indian miniature painting , ajanta art style
- Color hue: Yellow-Green Range
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