Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2008 Online-Ressource Cambridge histories online
ISBN:
9781139055628
Series Statement:
The new Cambridge history of India / general ed. Gordon Johnson 3
Content:
The Mughals - descendants of Timur and Genghiz Khan with strong cultural ties to the Persian world - seized political power in north India in 1526 and became the most important artistically active Muslim dynasty on the subcontinent. In this richly illustrated book, Dr Milo Beach shows how, between 1555 and 1630 in particular, Mughal patronage of the arts was incessant and radically innovative for the Indian context. The author reveals how Mughal painting was defined by the styles popular at the imperial court, whereas Pajput painting consisted of many local court styles, corresponding to the various Hindu kingdoms, each with different tastes and artistic inspirations. By reproducing nearly 200 examples in this study, Milo Beach traces the interplay of the traditions of Mughal and Rajput painting from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. He demonstrates the tolerance each showed towards outside influence and change and thus helps to define a uniquely Indian attitude towards the arts
Content:
List of illustrations -- General editor's preface -- Preface -- Introduction -- Painting in North India before 1540 -- 1540-1580: painting at Muslim courts -- 1580-1600: the new imperial style and its impact -- 1600-1660: Mughal painting and the rise of local workshops -- 1600-1700: the growth of local styles -- 1700-1800: the dominance of Rajput painting -- 1800-1858: traditionalism and new influences -- Appendix -- Bibliographical essay -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521400279
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Beach, Milo Cleveland The new Cambridge history of India ; 1, The Mughals and their contemporaries ; 3: 1, The Mughals and their contemporaries: Mughal and Rajput painting Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Pr., 1992 ISBN 0521400279
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521400275
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
DOI:
10.1017/CHOL9780521400275
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