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A GROUP OF CAMEL-RIDERS: Notwithstanding the weak drawing of the animals and the riders, there is animation and movement. A ROYAL COUPLE: A royal couple, with attendants (not shown), sitting on the terrace of a palace under a canopy. It is the portion of a damaged fresco in the upper apartment of the Ramji Mandir at Galta. Moghul influence is clearly visible. The third dimensional delineation and shading, the chief characteristics of the Moghul technique are noticeable in the drawing of the chair and the top portion or the room on the terrace. RADHA AND KRISHNA POINTING AT THE CLOUDS: Purely Rajput in style and costumes. The fresco is on the outside wall of the temple. It is damaged by the ravages of time and weather. It is full of life and colour.
MAGIC OF THE FLUTE: This top-end portion of a lunette represents a group of Vaishnavite saints. The lower panel is replete with poetical ecstacy and charm. Krishna, the magician, has charmed and lured the 'dhenus', cows of Gokul and Brindaban by the magic of his flute. He is depicted sitting on a mound conventionally drawn. Near him is shown his cow-herd friend with folded hands. The painting is framed in archedshape space, a shape very much in vogue with these Rajasthani painters. A LADY CARRYING OFFERINGS IN A PLATE: The quality of texture and free handling of the brush-strokes give a different colour to the painting. The rendering of the profile is done with great confidence. The broad, rounded, sloping and chubby forehead with short nose and the thin and expressive lips show some familiarities with the Kishangarh school of painting. The robust and the youthful figure is that of a 'pragalbhā Nāyikā. A MILK-MAID: Configuration of the figure is done in the shape of a painted saracenic arch that is flanked by two other arches creating an architectonic effect. The pose is artificial. While moving forward, she has turned back to gaze at some one, following her, may be her lord. Though weak in drawing, it has its charm enhanced
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