#V & A Museum

[cherriielle]

daphne's blessing 🌿

[lionofchaeronea]

Swan, Rush, and Iris (design for a dado wallpaper), Walter Crane, 1875

[die-rosastrasse]

The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy by Raffaelle Monti

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 02 IX 2017

[tenowls]

this manga gave me an existential crisis. recommend

[arthistoryanimalia]

Figure of a mouse Iran, 1800-1875 Brown glass, H 17.5cm x W 26.7cm V & A Museum 2432-1876

[lordkryze]

It’s been following me everywhere

[t0ocleverfox]

For I can’t help falling in love with you … ੈ✩‧₊˚

[periodinteriors]

Charles Armytage, Marlborough House: View of Rooms, 1857, watercolor.

[justarandomgirly]

Red white and royal blue (2023)

[miamaimania]

"Shoulder Ball Lens" (2007) by Naomi Filmer ◆ Human curves become mercury-bright

[daikunart]

[secret-art-central]

Pros of being integrated into a (relatively) healthy society: cool fashion

Cons: they fucking childproof you

[thatshowthingstarted]

Emperor Shah Jahan’s wine cup, 1657,

The cup is shaped like a gourd with the handle carved into the head of a ram. The base features acanthus leaves radiating out from a lotus flower which is raised to form a pedestal for the cup.

The different features of the cup reflect the variety of cultural and artistic influences that were welcomed at the Mughal court. Persian in their cultural background and Indian by adoption, the Mughals were also open to new ideas from the West.

Jesuits at the Mughal court, entertaining futile ideas of converting an Empire, were welcomed for their learning; ambassadors and merchants for their exotic gifts and promises of trade.

Craftsmen-adventurers were especially welcomed for their skills and knowledge of unfamiliar technologies.

The use of a gourd form for the body of the cup is Chinese in inspiration, while the lotus petals and sensitivity of animal portraiture are characteristic features of Hindu art. The ideas of the pedestal support and the use of acanthus leaves are also European in origin and parallel similar elements in the decoration of Mughal architecture during Shah Jahan's reign.

Yet for all its eclecticism, with features from China, Iran, Europe and India, the art of the Mughals achieved a brilliant unity. This unity is perfectly exemplified in the jade cup which entered Shah Jahan's treasury in the last year of his reign and now provides such strong visual support to the legend of the dynasty's splendour.

Made in the Imperial workshops

White nephrite jade,

Length: 18.7cm, Width: 14cm

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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𝙿𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚢 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 (1858–1956), 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎

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𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔: 𝙵𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜 & 𝙵𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜 - 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚣 𝙺𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚕 𝚁𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚡 𝚋𝚢 𝙽/𝚊, 𝚁𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚊

[plainyjaney11]

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

[guy60660]

Louie Burrell | V&A