Adorning Self

© K.L. Kamat/Kamat's Potpourri

Woman Puts on Makeup
Wooden sculpture (Kashta-Shilapa) from Nanjangudu

See also:
A Beauty Prepares for her Lover's Arrival, An Artist puts on Make-up for a Yakshagana Performance

 

Alamkara: 5000 Years of Indian Art Introduction | Foreword | Kings & Courtiers | Ideal of Ornament Enduring Image | Adorning the Self | Heroic Ideal Stream of Devotion | From Pot to Palate | Pursuit of Pleasure Mortal Women & Celestial Lovers | Smell of Earth | References