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Mughal Painting

Mughal Painting

Section titled “Mughal Painting”

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Mughal Era Miniature Painting :

Section titled “Mughal Era Miniature Painting :”
  • Glorified the ruler, focusing on hunting scenes, historical events and other court related paintings.
  • Religious paintings were virtually absent.
  • They introduced the technique of foreshortening where objects looked close and smaller than they really were.

Early Mughals :

Section titled “Early Mughals :”
  • Babur patronized artists like Bizhad.
  • Humayun patronized artists like Abdus Samad and Mir Sayyid Ali. They both went on to work under Akbar as well.

Akbar :

Section titled “Akbar :”
  • Estd a formal artistic studio called Tasvir Khana.
  • use of 3 D figures defining feature and use of calligraphy.
  • saw transformation of popular art to court art.
  • Other imp artists Daswant, Basawan and Kesu.
  • Prominent illustrated manuscripts made during his time were. Hamzanama, Tutinama, Anvar i suhaili and Gulistan of Sadi

Fine Arts

Section titled “Fine Arts”
  • Akbar nationalised all arts by extending liberal patronage
  • Gave 1st definite impulse, Mughal school of painting
  • Mir Sayyid Ali of Tabriz, Khawaja Abdus Samad style the Shirinqalam - sweet ppen
  • Daswanth, Basawan
  • Dastan I Amir I Hamza rep in 12 volumes,
  • Ain I Akbari, Razmnama, Ramayana, Nal Damayanti, Kalia Damnah, Aiyar Danish
  • Abdul Hasan title Nadir Uz Zaman under Jehangir
  • Others under him were Farruk Beg, Nadir, Murad, Bishan Das, Madhava, Manohar, Tulsi, Keshava brother
  • Under SJ painters were Md Qadir, Mir Hasan, Anup Chitra, Chintamani,

Jahangir :

Section titled “Jahangir :”
  • Paintings at zenith.
  • naturalism related depicting flora and fauna.
  • unique trend use of decorated margins.
  • Famous artists were Ustad Mansoor.
  • Imp works of this period are Ayar i Danish and Tuzuk i Jahangiri.

Narrative Painting under Akbar and Jehangir

Section titled “Narrative Painting under Akbar and Jehangir”
  • #todo

Shah Jahan

Section titled “Shah Jahan”
  • Artificial elements with reduced liveliness. European influence.
  • Use of Charcoal, pencil and gold and silver were seen to make drawings.
  • The Padshahnanma showing courtiers and servants of the kings was an imp work of this period.

Aurangzeb :

Section titled “Aurangzeb :”
  • Art declined as he was not enthusiastic but this led to the dev of regional school.

Influence of Rajput Style on Mughal Painting and Art :

Section titled “Influence of Rajput Style on Mughal Painting and Art :”
  • #todo

PYQs

Section titled “PYQs”

Mughal painting

  1. Write a short essay on: “Narrative paintings under Jahangir and Akbar.” [1994, 20m]
  1. Write a short essay on: “During the reign of Jahangir Mughal painting reached its zenith.” [2000, 20m]
  1. Write a short Essay on: “Mughal painting” [2005, 20m]
  1. Write a short Essay on: “Mughal painting” [2007, 20m]
  1. Mughal paintings reflect the contemporary socio-political conditions. - Discuss. [2011, 30m]
  1. Delineate the development of the Mughal painting during the reign of Jahangir. [2016, 10 Marks]
  1. “Mughal paintings reflect social harmony in contemporary society.” Discuss. [2017, 15 Marks]