On March 18, 2016, the book "Mahabharata" was published in a retelling of Krishna Dharma Das with illustrations by the Italian artist Giampaolo Tomassetti.
Giampaolo Thomasetti is a famous artist, portraitist, illustrator and restorer. He began his artistic career with the restoration of old buildings, frescoes and making copies and reproductions of famous paintings in European museums.
In the early 1980s, Giampaolo Thomasetti became a co-founder and a member of the International Academy of Vedic Art. In 2003, after a thorough study of the Mahabharata, Giampaolo Thomasetti began work on a large-scale project dedicated to the great spiritual epic.
After 12 years, he completed his collection of 25 majestic paintings depicting the main moments of the Mahabharata. A few of them are shown here. The captions are mine and may differ from that in the book.
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| Karna's Chariot Wheel is Stuck |
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| Bheema and Bhagadatta |
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| Hastinapura |
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| Indraprastha |
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| Pandu and Madri in the forest |
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| Battle Plans |
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| The Dice Game |
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| Arjuna and Suyodhana meet Krishna |
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| Pandavas and Krishna |
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| Fall of Bheeshma |
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| Balarama and Krishna |
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| Pandavas |
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| Bheema can't lift Hanuma's tail |
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| Swargarohanam |
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| Bhagavadgita on the field of Kurukshetra |
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| Draupadi arrives in the Pandava House |
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| Battle of Kurukshetra |
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| Kunti and Radheya |
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| Abhimanyu in Chakravyuha |
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| Sishupala exhausts his 100 chances |
Giampaolo Thomasetti paintings are kept in the Museum of Spiritual Art (MOSA) at Villa Vrindavana, Florence, Italy.
Its amazing Art about the Lord pastimes Haribol!🙏🕉
ReplyDeleteThese are great. I wonder if any of these are available for purchase
ReplyDeleteDear madamk it's available on Amazon . You can check it.
DeleteThe work is great. I'd like to bring to your notice that the second painting shows "bheema and bhagadatta", and the second last one shows "abhimanyu in chakravyuha". Please correct the captions of these two images. You can also refer to the book "Mahabharata" by the painter Giampaolo Tomassetti himself.
ReplyDeleteSir you are right.
DeleteMay krishna bless all
ReplyDeletePicture 17 is of Abimaniam breaking the chakaryogum and he surrounded by kavuravas.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful painting��
ReplyDeleteWhy few paintings depicts pandavas in dark skin color. Which is totally unreal. They were aryans and called aryaputtra.
ReplyDeleteArjuna was dark skinned
DeleteYa arjuna was dark skinned, nakula, krishna, draupathi, vyasa, satyavati were all dark skinned character in mahabharatha
DeleteGreat efforts.. Thanks from Bharat for Mahabharat
ReplyDeleteA magnum opus is here as it is. Nothing less, nothing more. Depth of dedication looks at colours,shapes, feeling, backgrounds, presentation etc.
ReplyDeleteSimply marvellous.
Superb| धन्यवाद!
ReplyDeleteAwesome painting. Looks so real. Thank you, Sir for these painting about great Indians and their History.👌🇮🇳
ReplyDeleteExcellent paintings. None can say that these are the art works of a foreign artist. That is why we say 'Art has no border'. He is really a gifted painter. In his previous birth, he may have been born in a great country called India
ReplyDeleteGreat paintings, taken me in the era of mahabharat. Great effort for detailing.
ReplyDeleteWow superb work
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