New Episode: 82nd & Fifth OPEN-MINDED with Navina Haidar

This folio from a manuscript illustrates a Hindu epic, the story of Krishna. However, the painting was made for a Muslim patron, Akbar, the emperor of Mughal India at the time. “One of the great masterpieces of world art was really given rise to by the openness of the Muslim mind,” says curator Navina Haidar.http://met.org/12ynD0Z 

Take a closer look at the dense cast of characters in this work by selecting hotspots:http://met.org/15cgmrU

“Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj,” Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna)) | ca. 1590–95 | Present-day Pakistan, probably Lahore