Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
How do we remember a perfect day?
In the 1700s and 1800s, painters in Udaipur (the capital of an Indian kingdom) captured the emotions of perfect days in wonderful places. They evoked memories of arriving at unexpectedly beautiful forests, watching clouds drift above a gleaming palace, and glimpsing deer gamboling across open fields.
Immerse yourself in a perfect day, through an ambient soundscape created by Amit Dutta exclusively for this exhibition.
A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur will be on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art from November 19, 2022 through May 14, 2023. For more information, visit: https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/a-splendid-land-paintings-from-royal-udaipur/
Video directed and edited by Amit Dutta. Animation by Vatsal.
Image: Rama, Lakshmana, and Sita in the Chitrakuta forest, folio from a Ramayana, Attributed to the Master of the Jagged Water’s Edge, ca. 1680–90, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 25.4 × 40.5 cm / National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection—funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries, S2018.1.73; Maharana Jawan Singh at a religious ceremony in the City Palace, Attributed to Ghasi, ca. 1835, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 141.6 × 93.3 cm, The City Palace Museum, Udaipur, 2011.18.0033; Sunrise in Udaipur, Udaipur, ca. 1722–23, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 80.8 × 156.9 cm, The City Palace Museum, Udaipur, 2012.20.0015
It's our centennial year! Join us and be part of #TheNext100. To learn more about the museum’s centennial celebrations, visit: https://asia.si.edu/centennial
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How do we remember a perfect day?
In the 1700s and 1800s, painters in Udaipur (the capital of an Indian kingdom) captured the emotions of perfect days in wonderful places. They evoked memories of arriving at unexpectedly beautiful forests, watching clouds drift above a gleaming palace, and glimpsing deer gamboling across open fields.
Immerse yourself in a perfect day, through an ambient soundscape created by Amit Dutta exclusively for this exhibition.
A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur will be on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art from November 19, 2022 through May 14, 2023. For more information, visit: https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/a-splendid-land-paintings-from-royal-udaipur/
Video directed and edited by Amit Dutta. Animation by Vatsal.
Image: Rama, Lakshmana, and Sita in the Chitrakuta forest, folio from a Ramayana, Attributed to the Master of the Jagged Water’s Edge, ca. 1680–90, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 25.4 × 40.5 cm / National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection—funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries, S2018.1.73; Maharana Jawan Singh at a religious ceremony in the City Palace, Attributed to Ghasi, ca. 1835, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 141.6 × 93.3 cm, The City Palace Museum, Udaipur, 2011.18.0033; Sunrise in Udaipur, Udaipur, ca. 1722–23, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 80.8 × 156.9 cm, The City Palace Museum, Udaipur, 2012.20.0015
It's our centennial year! Join us and be part of #TheNext100. To learn more about the museum’s centennial celebrations, visit: https://asia.si.edu/centennial
asia.si.edu
#SmithsonianAsianArt
