MUGHAL PAINTINGS AND ART
‘Mughal Painting’ is a style of South Asian painting developed in the courts of Mughal Emperors (16 th to 19 th Century.) Persian Miniature Paintings dictated the expanse, with influences from Hindu, Jain and Buddhist patterns. Illustrated manuscripts, letters, tiny paintings, art and gifts were decorated with Mughal Miniatures made in bold and traditional colours, with gorgeous design, and precise detailing done with brushes as thin as containing a single, rough hair strand. Emperor Humayun started the process in 1556 C.E. and was succeeded by Emperor Akbar, who laid the foundations for a unique convergence of Persian, Indian and European art structures. ‘Narrative Painting’ is a term derived from paintings and illustrations for books and manuscripts kept by official regards, court poets, even queens and kings. Some albums were collected as keepsakes with a single painting each inside one album cover. Indian traditional forms of art in Mughal times mingled into the ‘Safavid School’ of...