Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.296

c6.296

The composition in these miniatures are done on red ground, and a profuse use of gold, ultramarine, carmine and green, has been made. The drawing conforms to Western Indian tradition; the figures have their farther eyes protruding into space, and their noses and chins are pointed. In the treatment of women (Fig. 100), however, a new point of view is noticeable. Their faces are carefully finished and remind us of the representation of Indian women in early Mughal school. Their lips also wear the stains of lac-dye. The figures are singularly devoid of that contortion of body which greatly exaggerates their poses in the late Western Indian art.