This is an index of the 7 well-known stories and narratives of non-European origin which are covered in articles about narrative painting on this blog. These are arranged in alphabetical order, for each giving the type of narrative and its origin, links to the paintings featured here, and a ‘lead’ example painting is shown. There are separate illustrated indexes for other sources of narratives, e.g. Biblical.
Unknown, Krishna Storms the Citadel of Narakasura (detail) (S India, Mysore workshop, c 1840), double page from the manuscript of the Bhagavata Purana, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, 25 x 36.84 cm (spread), Sand Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA. Wikimedia Commons.
Unknown member of the Manaku-Nainsukh family, The House of the Pandavas is Set on Fire (Pahari, c 1765), folio from Bhagavata Purana series, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, 29.5 x 41 cm, Museum Rietberg, Zurich. Wikimedia Commons.
Unknown, The Prophet Ilyas Rescues a Prince (Mughal, c 1567-72), folio from The Hamzanama Manuscript, 67.4 x 51.3 cm, The British Museum, London. Wikimedia Commons.
Farrukh Beg, Ibrahim Adil Shah Hawking (Deccan, Bijapur, c 1590-95), opaque watercolour on paper, 28.7 x 15.6 cm, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg. Wikimedia Commons.
Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906), Birth of Sakunthala (ശകുന്തളയുടെ ജനനം) (date not known), oil on canvas, dimensions not known, Kowdiar Palace, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (കവടിയാർ കൊട്ടാരം, തിരുവനന്തപുരം, കേരളം). Wikimedia Commons.
Shyam Sundar, Hanuman beheads Trisiras (Mughal, c 1597-1605), verso of folio from the Ramayana of Valmiki (The Freer Ramayana), Vol. 2, folio 228, opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper, 27.5 x 15.2 cm, Smithsonian’s Museum of Asian Arts, Washington, DC. Wikimedia Commons.
Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906), Urvashi and Pururavas (ഉർവ്വശിയും പുരൂരവസ്സും) (date not known), media not known, dimensions not known, location not known. Wikimedia Commons.
