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Mother India at Metropolitan Museum Features Depictions of the Goddess in Indian Painting

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Postmodernism: Recent Developments in Art in India

October 1, 2004

By Atteqa Ali

A few artists and art critics in India have begun to conceptualize their unique position in international contemporary art.
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75th Anniversary of Indian Independence Lecture—Art and Independence

December 15, 2021

By John Guy

Explore the life and work of Indian artist Y. G. Srimati (1926–2007), who grew up in Chennai during the Indian independence movement of the 1940s.
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Company Painting in Nineteenth-Century India

October 1, 2004

By Marika Sardar

While in the early phases of this school artists depended on a few key patrons, by the beginning of the nineteenth century, enterprising Indian artists had begun to create sets of standard popular subjects that could be sold to any tourist passing through the major attractions.
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Opera Lafayette: Les Indes Galantes

June 2, 2017
In 1725 a group of Native Americans performed for King Louis XV, and inspired Rameau's Les Indes Galantes, or The Amorous Indies.
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Modern Art in India

October 1, 2004

By Atteqa Ali

Within the burgeoning art scene, artists introduced themselves as modern and secular practitioners.
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Elephant Soul, Indian Brush

June 14, 2024

By Navina Najat Haidar

Take a closer look at the Asian elephant through the eyes of Indian court painters
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Explore the World with Senses of Springtime: Celebrate India!

May 8, 2015

By Mary Ann Bonet

Coordinator of Family, Teen, and Multigenerational Learning Mary Ann Bonet invites visitors to immerse themselves in sights and sounds from the Islamic world and India!
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In the Footsteps of Buddhist Pilgrims: Sites in North India

February 25, 2014

By Kurt Behrendt

In the first of two posts related to the exhibition Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations, Kurt Behrendt discusses a preparatory trip he made to Buddhist sites in North India.
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Indian Textiles: Trade and Production

October 1, 2003

By Marika Sardar

The popularity of Indian textiles is evidenced in the number of words that have made their way into English: calico, pajama, gingham, dungaree, chintz, and khaki.
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Enthroned Vishnu

Date: second half of the 8th–early 9th century
Accession Number: 1984.296

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Chamunda, the Horrific Destroyer of Evil

Date: 10th–11th century
Accession Number: 1989.121

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Standing Buddha Offering Protection

Date: late 5th century
Accession Number: 1979.6

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Standing Vishnu as Keshava

Dasoja of Balligrama

Date: first quarter of the 12th century
Accession Number: 18.41

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Tree Spirit Deity (Yakshi)

Date: 1st–2nd century
Accession Number: 27.186

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Crowned Bodhisattva

Date: 3rd–early 4th century
Accession Number: 2016.701

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Linga with Face of Shiva (Ekamukhalinga)

Date: 7th century
Accession Number: 1989.150

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Drum panel with scenes of the Great Departure and Temptation of the Buddha

Date: first half 3rd century CE
Accession Number: 28.105

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Anthropomorph

Date: 1500–500 BCE
Accession Number: 2000.284.37

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Vaikuntha Vishnu

Date: last quarter of the 8th century
Accession Number: 1991.301