City and district in Rajasthan's southeastern region, approximately 100 miles south of Jaipur, the state capital.
Bundi was a tiny kingdom before India's independence in 1947.
Bundi became a hub for Rajasthani miniature painting in the late seventeenth century, perhaps as a result of painters from the Moghul court seeking foreign sponsorship.
Rajasthani miniature artists depicted Hindu religious subjects, especially events in the life of the deity Krishna, in addition to the portraits and court groups that characterize this genre under the Moghuls.
Unlike other styles, which use flat, monochrome backgrounds, the Bundi style emphasizes nature, with realistic depictions of the trees (typically banana trees) that surround the figures, as well as flowers, birds, and lotus-filled ponds.
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W. G. Archer's Indian Painting, published in 1957, and his Indian Painting in Bundi and Kotah, published in 1959, are both good sources of knowledge.
