The Figure of Radha in Miniature Paintings: From the Pastoral to the Courtly, from Text to Visuality, from Polyphony to Normativity

This article analyses how Radha was depicted in miniature paintings between the 16th and 19th century in North India. Interrogating the link between text and image, contrasting poetry, style and historical settings with the visual representations of this central figure, the reflections focus on the...

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Main Author: Cattoni, Nadia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2015]
In: Religion & gender
Year: 2015, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 52-70
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Radha / Krishna / India (Nord) / Painting / Depiction / Interpretation of
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBM Asia
NBC Doctrine of God
TJ Modern history
Further subjects:B iconotext
B Indian miniature painting
B Icon
B Visuality
B Radha
B Normativity
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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