5. Chokha’s Shringara (Amorous) Style: The Painter as Interpreter of His Tradition

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5. Chokha’s Shringara (Amorous) Style: The Painter as Interpreter of His Tradition

Molly Emma Aitken

The Intelligence of Tradition in Rajput Court Painting

~In the guise of a Brahmin priest, the young hero Madhavanala collapses, overwhelmed by the heroine Kamakandala’s extraordinary beauty, and her attendants hasten to revive him (fig. 5.1). The scene engages the shringara (erotic or amorous) rasa (taste...

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Molly Emma Aitken

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.210-285

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00246.004

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Chapter subject tags:Rajput paintingCourts and courtiers in artKings and rulers in artPainting, Southeast AsianHindu gods in art

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List of illustrations

Swooning at the Sight of the Beauteous Kamakandala by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1785
Maharana Bhim Singh and His Sons in the Surya Mahal by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1810
Maharana Bhim Singh and Retinue Embark on a Hunt, detail by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1805–1810
A court beauty by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1805–1810
Maharana Bhim Singh with a rani (queen) or pasawan (high-ranking mistress) by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1803
Maharana Bhim Singh with a rani or pasawan by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1800–1810
Maharana Bhim Singh with a hawk by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1805–1810
Maharana Bhim Singh of Udaipur Dresses for the Teej (Swing) Festival by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1805–1810
Maharana Bhim Singh looking in a mirror while being bathed by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1805–1810
Maharana Bhim Singh intoxicated by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1800–1810
Rana Amar Singh II with his consort in a garden pavilion by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1705
Rawat Gokul Das and Maharana Bhim Singh worshipping Shri Girdhariji, detail by Bagta
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1800–1825
Maharana Bhim Singh with Asuaji Santidas by Mialalotar
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1788
Rawat Ragho Das riding by Bhopa
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1781
Women at a Shiva shrine by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1781
Krishna uses a ruse to meet his beloved by Bhopa
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1781
Krishna Disguised as a Woman Approaches Radha by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1770
Kunvar Ragho Das of Devgarh and his five sons worshipping Shri Girdhariji, a form of Krishna by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1770
Krishna uses a ruse to meet his beloved, detail by Bhopa
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1781
Kunvar Ragho Das of Devgarh and his five sons worshipping Shri Girdhariji, a form of Krishna, detail by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1770
Hara Higul and Navab Ankhar Khan in battle by Bagta
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1805
Preparatory drawing for Hara Higul and Navab Ankhar Khan in battle by Bagta
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1805
Maharao Bhim Singh of Kotah Killing Khilich Khan in 1720 by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1800–1825
Maharana Bhim Singh Returns from the Hunt by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1803
Radha imitating Krishna by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1775–1800
Scene of a Shravan ragini, detail by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1725–1775
Radha and Krishna meeting in the kunj (bower), detail of Kota tree growing over a wall by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1775–1800
Elephant in mast (rut) by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1811
A Woman Worshipping the Rising Sun (Surya Puja) by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1810
Rao Surjan Singh of Bundi hunting by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1815–1820
Surajmalji, son of Rao Narayanadasa by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1701–1750
Madhava Swooning before Kamakandala by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1840
Prithvi Raj Chauhan by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1800–1825
Maharana Pratap Singh by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1800–1825
Prithvi Raj Chauhan hunting a tiger, detail by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1725–1775
Hunter, possibly Prithvi Raj Chauhan by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1820
Anthology of the early life of Krishna by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1820
Krishna Disguised as a Woman Approaches Radha, detail of Kota skyline and jungle canopy by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1770
Krishna spies Radha bathing, detail of Chokha skyline and jungle canopy by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1815–1820
Radha and Krishna beside a Lake at Sunset, detail of Kota sunset by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1750
Madhavanala faints when he sees Kamakandala, detail of Chokha sunset by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1810–1820
Hour of cowdust by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1725–1775
Hour of cowdust by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1813
Krishna by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1813
Krishna milking a cow, detail of shepherd's cloak and staff by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1820–1825
Maharana Bhim Singh with a rani or pasawan, detail of sword and shield by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1800–1810
The rulers of Kota and Mewar paying their devotions to Shri Nathji by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1820
Maharana Jawan Singh of Mewar worshipping an icon by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1830
Maharana Bhim Singh with his wife or a courtesan by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1820–1825
Krishna embraces Radha by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1820–1825
Nayika by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1820–1825
Prince with his wife or courtesan by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1811
Krishna spies Radha bathing by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1815–1820
Madhavanala faints when he sees Kamakandala by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1810–1820
Krishna with Gopis on a Riverbank by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1750–1775
Maharao Kishore Singh watches Radha, Krishna, and the gopis by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1820
Maharao Kishore Singh watches Radha, Krishna, and the gopis, detail of Krishna by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1820
Maharao Kishore Singh watches Radha, Krishna, and the gopis, detail of Maharao Kishore Singh by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1820
The Hindu deity Krishna by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1801
Krishna embraces Radha, detail by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1820–1825
Krishna and Radha, detail of Krishna by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1750
Shukadeva by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1820–1824
Sukhdev and King Parikshit by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1780
Shukadeva by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1800–1825
Shukadeva by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1820
Radha churns butter as she watches Krishna milk a cow by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1775–1800
Maharana Pratap Singh by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1811
Maharana Pratap Singh by Baijnath
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1825
A court beauty, detail of hair and waist by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1805–1810
Maharana Bhim Singh hunting, detail of trees by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1800
Maharana Bhim Singh hawking, detail of trees by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1799
Layla and Majnun, detail of trees by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1775–1800
Madhavanala faints when he sees Kamakandala, detail of skirt by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1810–1820
Maharana Bhim Singh with a rani or pasawan, detail of skirt by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1800–1810
Swooning at the Sight of the Beauteous Kamakandala, detail of skirt by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1785
A court beauty, detail of skirt by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
1805–1810
Rao Madho Singh worshipping Krishna, detail by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1680
Radha and Krishna embracing, detail by Chokha
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1810–1820
Madhavanala faints at the sight of Kamakandala by Emperor's painter
By John Carlson
on Mar 25
c. 1670

5. Chokha’s Shringara (Amorous) Style: The Painter as Interpreter of His Tradition

The Intelligence of Tradition in Rajput Court Painting

Molly Emma Aitken

Publisher: Yale University Press

Print publication date: Apr, 2010

Subject areasArt History and TheoryAsian and Southeast Asian

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- The Intelligence of Tradition in Rajput Court Painting
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Intelligence of Tradition
- 1. Structures of Desire: An Introduction to the Court Paintings of Rajasthan
- 2. Interpreting Style
- 3. The Formalities: Form and Function in Mewar Portraiture
- 4. Repetition and Response: The Case of Layla and Majnun
- 5. Chokha’s Shringara (Amorous) Style: The Painter as Interpreter of His Tradition
- Conclusion: The Lives of Rajput Pictorial Forms from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century
- Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index