The National Museum of Cambodia also sent fragments of the Cleveland Krishna to the Cleveland Museum of Art, where they have ... monumental sculptures and four digital galleries, including a ...

1779–ca. 1826), India, Rajasthan state, Devgarh, 1823, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and ...

When Indra, the Hindu god of rain and thunder ... That avatar of Krishna, called “Shrinathji”, and that mythological image are a staple of Indian calendar art. The image can also be found ...

The painting is one of 14 such works—known as pichwais—in “Delighting Krishna: Paintings of the Child-God,” on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art through August 24.

Southern Cambodia, Takeo Province. Photo: Konstanty Kulik, courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art Right: Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan (detail), c. 600. Southern Cambodia, Takeo Province, Phnom Da.

Unschooled in Hindu art, I didn’t know that I was contemplating a pichwai (from the Sanskrit for “back” and “hanging”), a ...

the Cleveland Museum of Art's latest exhibit takes you to Cambodia, the sacred mountain home to sculptures of eight Hindu gods including Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu. The sculpture at the ...