Janmastami庆祝克里希纳的诞生 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	Janmastami庆祝克里希纳的诞生
品名（英）	Janmastami celebrating the birth of Krishna
入馆年号	2021年，2021.325.5
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Calcutta Art Studio
创作年份	公元 1878 - 公元 1883
创作地区
分类	印刷品（Prints）
尺寸	页: 16 × 12 1/2 英寸 (40.6 × 31.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	Janmastami标志着庆祝克里希纳诞生的年度节日，从拉贾斯坦邦到孟加拉，在印度北部最广泛地观察到。他出生的那天晚上是背诵《博伽瓦塔普拉纳》，尤其是第10卷中关于他童年的那些段落。所描绘的场景讲述了马图拉的恶魔统治者卡姆萨，他收到了一个预言，他将被他妹妹德瓦基所生的孩子篡夺。当德瓦基接生克里希纳时，她的丈夫瓦苏戴瓦把新生儿带出宫殿，匆匆渡过亚穆纳河。在这个戏剧性的描述中，我们看到瓦苏戴瓦带着新生婴儿穿过亚穆纳河，到达村庄的安全地带，在那里他被委托给养父母。暴雨和闪电充斥着夜空，一只野狗潜伏在阴影中。一束光照亮了河岸上的英雄人物，仿佛一条神圣的路。瓦苏戴娃用披肩抱着新生儿，赶紧赶到安全地带。他的人物形象的戏剧性特征，以及暴风雨肆虐的夜空，灵感来自欧洲书籍钢版圣经主题。
介绍（英）	Janmastami marks the annual festival celebrating the birth of Krishna, most widely observed across northern India, from Rajasthan to Bengal. The night of his birth is marked by the recitation of the Bhagavata Purana, especially those passages of Book 10 devoted to his childhood. The scene depicted tells of the demonic ruler of Mathura, Kamsa, who received a prophecy that he would be usurped by a child born of his sister Devaki. When Devaki delivered Krishna, her husband Vasudeva spirited the newborn out of the palace and hastily crossed the Yamuna River. In this dramatic depiction, we see Vasudeva carrying the newborn infant across the Yamuna River to safety in the village where he was entrusted to foster parents. Rainstorms and lightning fill the night sky, and a wild dog lurks in the shadows. A shaft of light illuminates the riverbank for the heroic figures, as if a divinely lit pathway. Vasudeva cradles the newborn in his shawl as he hastens to safety. The dramatic characterization of his figure, and the storm ridden night sky, take their inspiration from European book steel engravings of biblical subjects.