Leaf & Spine

Cover art · moon

A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto); calligraphy of a quatrain (verso)

Unknown artist, c. 1760.

A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto); calligraphy of a quatrain (verso)
A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto); calligraphy of a quatrain (verso) — Cleveland Museum of Art

Using it on a cover

The print file prints up to 11.3 x 8.1 in at 300 ppi — enough for a full 6 x 9 in front cover. Wider than a 6 x 9 cover: crop about 53% of the width, or use it as a wraparound across back and spine.

About the work

Images of pleasure and play abound in Mughal paintings of the latter half of the 1700s. Under a full moon reflected off a river and by the light of candles, a prince celebrates the spring festival of Holi with a group of palace women. Holi festivities include the boisterous tradition of smearing one another with colored powders—shown heaped on dishes—or shooting colored liquid using plunger guns.

More moon art

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