craftyindividual@lemm.eeM to artporn@lemm.ee · 10 months agoShakuntala looking back to glimpse Dushyanta - Raja Ravi Varma (1898)upload.wikimedia.orgimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down11
arrow-up188arrow-down1imageShakuntala looking back to glimpse Dushyanta - Raja Ravi Varma (1898)upload.wikimedia.orgcraftyindividual@lemm.eeM to artporn@lemm.ee · 10 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareScio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoOne of the two Ravi Varma paintings we had hanging on our walls growing up. And by far less creepy than the other one!
minus-squarecraftyindividual@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoAnd what was the other one?!
minus-squareScio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoIt was this one: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/shakuntala-janm-raja-ravi-varma-and-ravi-varma-fine-art-lithographic-press-bombay/zQHT512E74vKFQ :shudder:
minus-squarecraftyindividual@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoHis face is obscured but also the foot is weird. Strange composition…
minus-squareScio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoI also used to think the woman in the picture was Shakuntala, and that made the lore even more confusing…
One of the two Ravi Varma paintings we had hanging on our walls growing up. And by far less creepy than the other one!
And what was the other one?!
It was this one: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/shakuntala-janm-raja-ravi-varma-and-ravi-varma-fine-art-lithographic-press-bombay/zQHT512E74vKFQ
:shudder:
His face is obscured but also the foot is weird. Strange composition…
I also used to think the woman in the picture was Shakuntala, and that made the lore even more confusing…