SOUL ON FIRE | How a 14th Century Poet Influences my Art
Memiour
Written on the 23rd of Feb.
Jayadeva Goswami who’s birthday it is today was a great devotee and poet who lived in the 12th century.
He wrote the famous Gita Govinda which spread all over india during a time when there was no centralised authority ruling over much of India. Hymns written by Jayadeva are also incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy books of the Sikhs as Guru Nanak was greatly impressed by his works on his visit to Puri.
His parents where Bhojadeva and Ramadevi. He studied Music, poetry and dancing at Kurmapataka. Heres a verse from his most famous written artwork Gita Govinda
When spring came, tender-limbed Radha wandered like a flowering creeper in the forest wilderness, seeking Krishna in his many haunts. The god of love increased her ordeal, tormenting her with fevered thoughts, and her friend sang to heighten the mood
My understanding is that the style of painting above evolved from the Gita Govinda by Jayadeva Goswami. The naive and sweet way landscapes and lotus ponds are painted has hugely influenced my art making. See what I mean below:
