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[es-ES]Record tools[es-ES] [es-ES]Displays[es-ES]	[es-ES]Details[es-ES] Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection Número del objetoS1967-0057-003-0 TítuloKalamkari (from the Persian galam, "pen", and kar, "work") temple hanging - C DescripciónSuch clothes are hung in temples or behind the main deity in temple chariots during religious processions. Composed of segments running horizontally, they depict scenes from the Bhagavad Gita. This sacred Hindu book tells the incarnation of Vishnu in different time-cycles and forms. Coming on earth as a protector of human beings and a restorer of peace and order, Vishnu, in the guise of Krishna, vanquishes demons representing the forces of evil. The central panel depicts Krishna dancing trumphantly on the hood of the demon serpent Kaliya whose serpent wives plead for his life. “The traditional application of resists and mordants is still practiced in the east of India, in Masulipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, and further south in Kalahasti, where the patterns are drawn with a ‘kalam’ (from the Persian ‘qalam’, “pen”), producing cloths knowns as ‘kalamkari’ (“penwork”). These cloths depict scenes from the Bhagavad Gita, the sacred Hindu exposition on the concept of the incarnation of Vishnu in different time-cycles and forms. They are hung in temples or behind the main deity in temple chariots during religious processions. (Past, Present , Beyond: Re-nascence of an Art Collection, Page 38-39) Lugar de producciónIndia, Kalahasti, Andhra Pradesh - C Periodo de producción20th C, Early - Mid - C Nombre del objetoTextile MaterialCotton, natural dyes TécnicaHand-painted, mordant dyed resist - C Dimensiones L: 170 cm W: 128 cm

CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection

Número del objetoS1967-0057-003-0

TítuloKalamkari (from the Persian galam, "pen", and kar, "work") temple hanging - C

DescripciónSuch clothes are hung in temples or behind the main deity in temple chariots during religious processions. Composed of segments running horizontally, they depict scenes from the Bhagavad Gita. This sacred Hindu book tells the incarnation of Vishnu in different time-cycles and forms. Coming on earth as a protector of human beings and a restorer of peace and order, Vishnu, in the guise of Krishna, vanquishes demons representing the forces of evil. The central panel depicts Krishna dancing trumphantly on the hood of the demon serpent Kaliya whose serpent wives plead for his life. “The traditional application of resists and mordants is still practiced in the east of India, in Masulipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, and further south in Kalahasti, where the patterns are drawn with a ‘kalam’ (from the Persian ‘qalam’, “pen”), producing cloths knowns as ‘kalamkari’ (“penwork”). These cloths depict scenes from the Bhagavad Gita, the sacred Hindu exposition on the concept of the incarnation of Vishnu in different time-cycles and forms. They are hung in temples or behind the main deity in temple chariots during religious processions. (Past, Present , Beyond: Re-nascence of an Art Collection, Page 38-39)

Lugar de producciónIndia, Kalahasti, Andhra Pradesh - C

Periodo de producción20th C, Early - Mid - C

Nombre del objetoTextile

MaterialCotton, natural dyes

TécnicaHand-painted, mordant dyed resist - C

Dimensiones

L: 170 cm
W: 128 cm