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Deeply influenced by a diverse mix of cultural, regional, and artistic traditions, the Mughal school of painting remains one of the richest and most productive schools in the history of Indian and Islamic painting. Its corpus assimilates traits from various art schools that flourished in the Indian subcontinent with Persian and Central Asian traditions, as well as that of European Renaissance art, especially humanism. It constitutes the most extensive source of ...
Built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife, Taj Mahal is one of the most well-known world heritage (cultural) sites. Part of the monumental legacy series, the book provides a brief introduction to the monument, a mausoleum of white marble and an unrivalled masterpiece of Mughal art and architecture. Providing historical background with a study offarmans, inscriptions, and works of contemporary historians, it explores various aspects of the ...
The relationship between art and the social, cultural, and political institutions that sustain it is an interesting one. Probing this relationship provides insights into the life and times of patrons and artists of any period in history. It illumines the values and concerns that shaped attitudes to creative activity at the time. In this beautifully designed book Verma uses a thematic approach to the history of Mughal painting, to provide an accessible unfolding ...
Records the creative portrayal of nature in Mughal painting, architecture and decorative arts.
This volume follows Mughal Painters and Their Work--A Biographical Survey and Comprehensive Catalogue (Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1994), the first comprehensive book of reference on the work of nearly 200 Mughal painters; and has been conceived to provide readers much more information on the Mughal painting through the contribution of individual master painters. Need not say ample information is available about the artists of the Mughal atelier ...
Posing the greatest armed challenge to imperialism in the nineteenth century, 1857 is inscribed in Indian popular memory as the central signpost in the struggle against British domination. In the 150 year of the uprising, this book takes us on a graphic historical journey of the revolt. Through rare contemporary paintings and gripping oral narratives, it brings to life the incidents, institutions, ideas, and individuals connected with the event. The volume ...