Walkthroughs
Walkthrough by Parul Singh
Parul Singh
(Detail) Rama Rests at Mt Subel While Ravana is Entertained in His Palace, c. 1812, Style E, India, H. 46.5 cm, W. 35 cm, PTG.02347.
Curated by the late Kavita Singh and Parul Singh, MAP’s upcoming exhibition Book of Gold: The Kanchana Chitra Ramayana of Banaras, displays nearly 80 folios from the illustrated manuscript of Tulsidas’ Ramcharitmanas.
Join Parul Singh, for a specially curated hour-long walkthrough of the exhibition, as she delves into the various styles of miniature painting traditions in the early 19th century, and the historical context within which the manuscript was commissioned
Feel free to jump in with your questions, thoughts and reflections during this interactive walkthrough!
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Parul Singh
4A_Lab Postdoctoral Fellow, KHI, Florence – Max Planck Institute and SPK, Berlin
Parul Singh is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the interdisciplinary program 4A Laboratory: Art Histories, Archaeologies, Anthropologies, Aesthetics of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut, supported by the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin. She specialises in pre-modern visual and material culture with a focus on South Asian art. Her research looks at key moments of cross-cultural encounters embodied in objects and practices – through the fluidity of their function, circulation, citation, and adaptation.
