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"One of the most remarkable artistic achievements of the Mughal Empire was the emergence in the early seventeenth century of portraits of identifiable individuals, unprecedented in both South Asia and the Islamic world. Appearing at a time of increasing contact between Europe and Asia, portraits from the reigns of the great Mughal emperor-patrons Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan are among the best-known paintings produced in South Asia. In the following centuries portraiture became more widespread in the visual culture of South Asia, especially in the rich and varied traditions of painting, but also in sculpture and later prints and photography. This collection seeks to understand the intended purpose of a range of portrait traditions in South Asia and how their style, setting and representation may have advanced a range of aesthetic, social and political functions. The chapters range across a wide historical period, exploring ideals of portraiture in Sanskrit and Persian literature, the emergence and political symbolism of Mughal portraiture, through to the paintings of the Rajput courts, sculpture in Tamil temples and the transformation of portraiture in colonial north India and post-independence Pakistan. This specially commissioned collection of studies from a strong list of established scholars and rising stars makes a significant contribution to South Asian history, art and visual culture."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Islamic art --- Painting, Mogul Empire --- History. --- Influence. --- Painting, Mughal Empire

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Voyages and travels. --- East India Company. --- East Indies. --- Mogul Empire. --- Mughal Empire.

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Voyages and travels. --- East India Company. --- India. --- Mogul Empire. --- Mughal Empire.

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In Mughal Occidentalism , Mika Natif elucidates the meaningful and complex ways in which Mughal artists engaged with European art and techniques from the 1580s-1630s. Using visual and textual sources, this book argues that artists repurposed Christian and Renaissance visual idioms to embody themes from classical Persian literature and represent Mughal policy, ideology and dynastic history. A reevaluation of illustrated manuscripts and album paintings incorporating landscape scenery, portraiture, and European objects demonstrates that the appropriation of European elements was highly motivated by Mughal concerns. This book aims to establish a better understanding of cross-cultural exchange from the Mughal perspective by emphasizing the agency of local artists active in the workshops of Emperors Akbar and Jahangir.

Painting, Mogul Empire --- Art, European --- Art, Modern --- European art --- Nouveaux réalistes (Group of artists) --- Zaj (Group of artists) --- Mogul Empire painting --- Painting, Mogul --- European influences. --- Themes, motives. --- Influence.

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Affect, Emotion and Subjectivity in Early Modern Muslim Empires presents new approaches to Ottoman Safavid and Mughal art and culture. Taking artistic agency as a starting point, the authors consider the rise in status of architects, the self-fashioning of artists, the development of public spaces, as well as new literary genres that focus on the individual subject and his or her place in the world. They consider the issue of affect as performative and responsive to certain emotions and actions, thus allowing insights into the motivations behind the making and, in some cases, the destruction of works of art. The interconnected histories of Iran,Turkey and India thus highlight the urban and intellectual changes that defined the early modern period. Contributors are: Sussan Babaie, Chanchal Dadlani, Jamal Elias, Emine Fetvaci, Christiane Gruber, Sylvia Hougteling, Kishwar Rizvi, Sunil Sharma, and Marianna Shreve Simpson.

Emotions in art. --- Art, Ottoman. --- Art, Mogul Empire. --- Art, Safavid. --- Architecture, Mogul Empire. --- Art, Moghul Empire --- Art, Mogul --- Art, Mughal Empire --- Art, Mughul Empire --- Moghul Empire art --- Mogul Empire art --- Mughal Empire art --- Mughul Empire art --- Ottoman art --- Safavid art --- Architecture, Indo-Muslim --- Architecture, Moghul Empire --- Architecture, Mogul --- Architecture, Mughal Empire --- Architecture, Mughul Empire --- Indo-Muslim architecture --- Moghul Empire architecture --- Mogul Empire architecture --- Mughal Empire architecture --- Mughul Empire architecture --- Turkey --- India --- Iran --- Civilization --- Civilization. --- Art, Mughal Empire. --- Architecture, Mughal Empire.