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| Ragamala Album: Gauri Ragini, c. 1625 Nepal: Bhaktapur (?), 1600-1650 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper 7 x 5-1/2 in. (17.8 x 14.0 cm) Norton Simon Art Foundation, Gift of Mr. Norton Simon M.1979.92.11.P © 2012 Norton Simon Art Foundation Not on view Ragamala paintings were mounted in albums in large sets with up to six or seven ragas and their accompanying raginis. Poets applied vivid imagery to these musical modes, writing brief poems to accompany a particular melody. Each painting is therefore a combination of three forms of artistic expression—music, poetry and the visual arts. |
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