**Asaf-al-daula (Nawab of Oudh 1775-97), celebrating the Muharram festival at Lucknow; a watercolour, c.1812
**The Muharram Festival. Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, listening at night to the maulvi reading from the scriptures, c.1795
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Re: Asaf-al-daula (Nawab of Oudh 1775-97)
nice:D
Re: Asaf-al-daula (Nawab of Oudh 1775-97)
wait so it's the same picture just different years? interesting. though i find the style of both the paintings a bit different from how the locals were painting at those times. is the artist a brit?
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you see how they added more black in the later century.. Paintings sometimes record history in a way that can not be altered.. so they didn't always wear black in Muharram.. also the later century Molvi's looks a little more strick than the innocnet 1700s molvi..
If you look at Chritian Art from 1100's Mary is shown a brunette and dark eyes but in the later 1600s she is painted a blonde with blue eyes..
so much of all this is for propaganda reasons..
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lol yeah you're right. but for some reason the first (later year) painting looks more dramatic with all that black.
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notice how they added a candle holder on the left side corner also..
Dark black backgrounds or the Baroque style is always dramatic..
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Neat
Re: Asaf-al-daula (Nawab of Oudh 1775-97)
oh yeah! more chandeliers more candle holders. who are the artists though?
Re: Asaf-al-daula (Nawab of Oudh 1775-97)
CHECK out the SHEESHA!
I want some of that.
Oh yeah, the paintings are different, I think they do the same dramatic effect with digital technology nowadays.
Re: Asaf-al-daula (Nawab of Oudh 1775-97)
it's not sheesha! they had hookah back then. the strong non-flavored stuff :p