By the time visitors to this Arthur M. Sackler Gallery show reach its final gallery, they’ll be well prepared to accept Udaipur’s celestial status. The 63 artworks in the exhibition, which is presented in collaboration with the City Palace Museum in Udaipur, demonstrate how the walled city was glorified by the 18th-century painters who literally expanded traditional Indian art.
Udaipur, now a tourist destination in Rajasthan in northwest India, was founded in 1553. Six years later, construction began on its City Palace, which was enlarged multiple times through 1930. Other palaces were also erected along the human-made lakes and reservoirs that punctuate the mountainous terrain, including a summer residence built on a small island so that it appears to float on the water’s surface.
The scenarios of the other large paintings can’t be discerned as quickly because they’re expansive in both scenery and chronology. The Udaipur artists often illustrated, in a single picture, multiple events over a period of time. This is most notable in the depictions of hunting, shown in a gallery whose soundtrack features the sounds of drums and horns like those used to flush animals from the jungle.
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