Kishangarh art is simply concerned with the realities of life; above all, with passionate love service, conceived as the symbol of all combination. Rajput art creates a magic world where all men are heroic, passionate and shy, all women are beautiful, beast both wild and tame are friends of man and trees and flowers are conscious of the footsteps of the bridegroom as he passes by. This magic world is not unreal or fanciful, but a world of imagination and eternity, observable to all who do not refuse to see with the transfiguring eyes of love.By the middle of thirteenth century Islam was firmly recognized in India and during this time forward Sufism influenced Hinduism greatly. The Sufi position of union with God through devotional love was seen a mirror reflection and complementary to the devotion of Krishna in Vaishnavite division of Hinduism. Vedantic idea of Oneness found its admiration in the Supreme Oneness of Allah and Islam's teachings.
According to Chaitanya, God or Krishna who is the symbol of God on earth is the lover and the soul of man is his bride represented by Radha, For describing the stages of Radha's love for Krishna, the similarity of human love was adapted. Such paintings were, at first sight, easy to understand. Although they alternated between two methods of expression - the first a style of savage distortion, the second a style of the softest grace--each manner enlivened the ordinary subject.
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