This morning in #photos from #colonial #India — two dancers perform for a men’s listening assembly (mehfil) in #Kashmir c.1860.

Thought I would post two of my favourite examples of what the historian of Mughal and Rajput art, Molly Aitken, has called parataxis -- a juxtaposition of elements that forces the viewer to make the connections. The first is 17C Mughal and raw: two paintings literally pasted side by side. The second is 18C and fully integrated - Kavita Singh has suggested the Indian singer is singing the Persian lovers into existence; they are perhaps the focus of her song's lyrics.

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