On my recent visit to the MoMA AKA the Museum of Modern Art I came across this oil painting (with sequins) by Gino Severini named the Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal.
At the very first glance, I could tell that the painting had a story to tell in just the way the painting happened in a circle and there seems to be intricate details that from far away look like a mess, but upon a closer look seemed to be crucial details in the painting, from both an artistic point-of-view as well as that of an observer.
       The first story that I related to the picture was Shakuntala was for a variety of reasons like: colors, concept, shape, and complexity. The colors in the painting reminded me of Shakuntala because of the variety. I imagine the play to be of many colors that mimic the variety of emotion in the play. The colors also denote the colorful life of King Dushyanta in the palace because it is luxurious and it also mimics Shakuntala's life in the middle of the forest. The concept of the intermingling of the various parts of the painting show how many stories overlapped in Shakuntala- Shakuntala's, Dushyanta's, Shakuntala's biological father's, etc. This is also why the intricacy of the painting was interesting. It was just like the minute details in the story that were crucial to the story.