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Lesson 8: Observations- Emmoser, Celestial globe with clockwork
- Rembrandt, Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses.
- "Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))
- Rochford’s Girls I Have Known
- Dürer, Self-portrait, Study of a Hand and a Pillow
- Groom and Rider
- Van Eyck, The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment
- Evans, Subway Passengers, New York City
"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))
Met curator Navina Haidar on freethinking in “Krishna Holds up Mound Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj,” Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna) from present-day Pakistan, c. 1590–95.
The Hindu epics the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, and other texts such as the Harivamsa, a genealogy of Hari (or Krishna), were translated into Persian and illustrated for the first time during Akbar’s reign (1556–1605). Unlike other manuscript projects for which the Mughal court artists inherited a tradition of iconography and style from earlier Iranian manuscripts, they had to invent new compositions for these works. The present folio depicts Krishna holding up Mount Govardhan to protect the villagers of Braj from the rains sent by the god Indra.
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