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Led by Songhur Balkhi and Lulu the Spy, the Ayyars Slit the Throats of Prison Guards and Free Sa'id Farrukh-Nizhad Folio from an illustrated Hamza-Nama series Northern India (Mughal school), 1557-1572 Opaque watercolor and gold on cloth and ink on paper Overall: 30 7/8 x 24 1/2 in. (78.4 x 62.2 cm) Brooklyn Museum. Museum Collection Fund, 24.46
Some participants were asked to respond to this painting. Here are their responses:
Enter the first word that comes to mind:
- action
- active
- anger
- attack
- battle
- battle scene history
- blood
- bloodshed
- bloody
- bodies
- brawl
- brilliant
- brutal
- busy
- chaos
- chaotic
- color
- complex
- complexity
- conflict
- convoluted
- crazy
- crowd
- crowded
- danger
- desolation
- disco
- exciting
- fear
- fight
- fighting
- fightinh
- fracas
- frenetic
- gory
- graphic
- grisley
- gupta
- hair
- informative
- intricate
- isoperspective
- kidnap
- kill
- lively
- market
- massacre
- ooh
- packed
- party
- people
- pillage
- pirat
- raid
- razanama
- rebellion
- revolution
- riot
- roofs
- savage
- scary
- social conflict
- society
- stab
- stabby
- struggle
- sword
- too busy
- tragic
- trapezoid
- values
- violence
- violent
- war
- warriors
- wild
- wowza
Enter a word that describes the subject or mood of this painting:
- action
- action packed
- aggressive
- agressive
- amare
- anger
- animosity
- architectural
- argumentative
- attack
- barbaric
- battle
- bloodshed and revenge
- bloody
- brutal
- budy
- busy
- chaos
- chaotic
- clash
- colorful and full of motion
- combattive
- complex
- conflict
- conflicting
- convulsive
- dramatic
- festive
- fierce
- fight
- fight!
- fighting
- frenetic
- gorey
- gory
- gruesome
- historical
- hostile
- intense
- interesting
- intricate
- invasion
- legend history
- many
- martial
- massacre
- mayhem
- murder!
- narrative
- ornate
- patterned busy fun
- pillage
- pleasure
- plight
- pretty war
- religion war
- retribution?
- revolts in the square
- rivalry
- slaughter
- struggle
- surprise attack
- turkish
- turmoil
- utterly violent
- violence
- violent
- war
- warfare
- warring
- wild
What is the dominant color in this painting?
- beige
- beige pink
- blue
- brick
- brown
- burnt orange
- burnt sienna
- gold
- light red
- mauve light blue
- none
- orange
- orange brown
- orange red
- oranges
- pale rose
- peach
- periwinkle
- pink
- pink or rose
- pinkish tan
- pinky rose
- purple
- red
- red and blue
- red orange
- red orange blue contrast
- red pink
- reds
- rosy beige
- rust
- rust orangish
- salmon
- sienna
- slate blue
- tan
- yello
- yellow
About how many figures are depicted in this painting?
- 15 figures
- 16, possibly 18
- a bunch
- fifteen
- fourteen
- many
- more than 15
- sixteen
- thirteen
- 1
- 6
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 20
- 21
- 30
In one sentence, describe this scene:
- Warriors killing and wounding people in a palace.
- Battle
- A violent but very pattern-y fight between two groups inside the walls of a house/town
- In a courtyard, a battle rages.
- A bloody battle is taking place within the compound of a castle.
- An attach on an Indian castle by mongol mercenaries.
- Defending our home from invaders.
- This is mayhem; people are dying everywhere.
- War scene
- Many people fighting in a courtyard
- Feuding parties battle and torture each other in a courtyard or house.
- Assault on a courtyard
- Violent
- Battle in the courtyard.
- War in the palace.
- A frenetic battle inside a fancy courtyard.
- There is an attack on some sort of compound.
- A battle in a palace
- Battle scene
- This is a battle scene in an ancient Asian palace.
- Battle is on!
- About fifteen individuals battle in a courtyard with swords and shields (not all of them are armed).
- Battle scene in a courtyard
- A bloody battle wages between opposing war bands.
- Battle at the palace
- Bloody
- Battle scene
- War has erupted inside of a courtyard!
- Violent but oddly bloodless. I'd like to know the story.
- Bloody fight
- Marauding soldiers
- Battle.
- A battle scene in a courtyard.
- Brigands attacking a family.
- An invasion of the family house.
- Battle of two rival families - beautiful colors!
- The barbarians have gained entry into the palace and are attacking the guards.
- In the courtyard of a complex of buildings we see about a dozen figures who are engaged in a violent battle choreographed to flow rhythmically throughout the space of the picture as one group seeks perhaps to kidnap the domestic occupants of this dwelling while their servants defend them.
- Fight scene w/ a compound's walls.
- Brawl
- Battle scene within a palace courtyard with possible release of a prisoner in action.
- More than a dozen men wearing Indian costumes fight in a palace courtyard.
- War of some sort.
- Some kind of battle?
- A battle.
- Attack
- Marauders taking over a wealthy home.
- A brutal and bloody fight scene take place within the confines of a home's courtyard.
- Battle scene, invaders in a palace courtyard
- The battle
- Fight
- Elaborate battle scene that looks like a dance at the same time.
- EXCESSIVE
- Lots of people engaged in a fight.
- A bloody battle in a palace.
- Battle.
- A fierce battle rages within a compound.
- This looks like some kind of battle going on because of the weapons, blood and action.
- Ooooooh.
- Family
- Duck!!!
- Ambush!!
- Bobby invited the wrong people to the party!
- Revolution.
- A battle.
- Looks like a scene from Kill Bill!
- War
- Battle scene in walled area
- Vibrant
- A battle within castle walls between soldiers carrying swords and shields.
- Battle
- The compound has been attacked by invaders and the people are not prepared to defend themselves
- A battle in an inner courtyard.
- I enjoy the drama of a battle, the colors are gorgeous and I love the business of the composition.
- Fighting within the walls of a palace.
- A fierce battle
- Just like the slaying of the suitors.
- A gory battle scene
- Its a horrible scene of torture and execution but one person is getting away.
- Violently calm.
- Battle in palace
- A fight is taking place within the palace grounds.
- People fight with swords in a courtyard.
- A battle in a palace.
- This is a battle scene
- A fight on a rooftop.
- A hectic battle
- Battle
- A bloody battle is taking place in the palace while two men sneak out of the gate.
- Heathens and warriors battling
- Party brawl.
- The warriors are attacking the un-armed civilians inside the compound.
- Mayhem erupting in the courtyard.
- A murderous cacaphony
- Fight to the death!
- Fighting and killing invasion of home
- This is a very busy picture with a lot of violence going on.
- More fighting, this time for the king.
- This is a battle scene inside palace walls.
- A battle scene taking place in a courtyard or square
- People fitting and getting killed
- Inside the walls of a highly decorated palace, terrible violence is unleashed by men with swords and shields; outside the gate one warrior chases another.
- Battle in courtyard
- Love the action and colors, vibrant
- So much going on, detailed
- A battle at a palace
- Ambush scene with people being decapitated by invaders who have penetrated a private compound
- Stuff happening
- Battle in the palace
- A battle on a palace terrace.
- A battle scene inside palace or fort.
- Violent
- The city is being attacked by outsiders, similar to the trojan war
- Seems as if they are fighting
- This is a battle in a courtyard in which the defenders are losing.
- A graphic scene where one group has overtaken a palace looting and killing inhabitants
- A battle scene in multiple registers.
- Depicts perhaps interactions between Indians and perhaps the Chinese or Japanese. It is rare for a painting to depict the two nationalities together.
- Figth
- Class warfare
- The scene depicts an invasion and a battle to fight off the invasion.
- Disputes and sword fighting between two groups.
- A battle.
- The battle in the palace.
- A confusing battle scene in which the decorative rendering of the buildings adds to the general feeling of mayhem.
- Violence in controlled setup.
- A battle scene between with over a dozen combatants, fighting inside an ornately decorated and tiled building which features beautiful patterning and colours
- War
- Rebels come to rape and pillage a village.
- It looks like a surprise attack, where the guys with the white sashes are invading a prison to liberate some inmates, and the guards with the red shields are getting routed pretty badly.
- A battle in a fortress with people who are out of proportion to their surroundings.
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