Die Kunst von Mithila - Véquaud, Yves
KORTE INHOUD
Mithila is a province of Bihar State in north-east India, and it is the Mithila women - and only the women - who paint. Using vivid colours applied with simple brushes made of bamboo and raw cotton, they produce an astonishing, vigorous and distinctive art. The subjects of Mithila painting are traditional : Tantric scenes, the god Krishna and his flute, Shiva with his wives, the lingam and the yoni, scenes from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. The paintings have become keenly sought after in India, and are now valued by private collectors and museums in the West, but the art remains, as it has always been, an intrinsic part of village life, highly traditional, handed on from mother to daughter. Mithila pictures are a part of family ceremonies and village festivals; they decorate the walls of marriage chambers, the wrappings of ritual gifts, and the letters known as kohbars with which unmarried Mithila girls traditionally propose marriage to the man of their choice.; introductory essay and notes to the plates by ...
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