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Paintings
Extended
sense of
space.
Realistic style.
Agitated
action rarely
seen in
Persian art.
Features
Exquisitely detailed and
finely drawn.
Lively and realistic.
Elements of portraiture.
Muted, more pastel,
representing the nature,
and earth tones dominated
the mood of the paintings.
Beautiful Calligraphy.
Magnificent ornaments
created elegant borders.
Historical painting.
High viewpoint and 3
dimensional nature.
Book illustrations or as
single works to be kept in
albums.
Jahangir and
Nurjahan
JOURNEY OF MUGHAL
ART
Origin
Humayun became enamoured
by the art of miniature
painting in Persia.
He brought back two persian
masters, Mir Sayyid Ali and
Abdus Samad.
They became the founders of
the new
Mughal school of Indian painting.
Akbar
European influence.
Cultural synthesis can be
traced from its flat
decorative beginnings
through a blending with a
lively Rajasthani and finally
to its move towards
realism.
Illustration of manuscripts
with themes from Persian
literature, Indian epics,
court scenes, animal fables
and battles.
Mughal style during this
period continued to refine
itself with elements of
Jahangir
Under Jahangir,
Akbar's lively
naturalism was
advanced into a
calmer and
strongly realistic
approach.
Brushwork became
finer and the colors
lighter.
European influence.
Encouraged his royal
layered
style used in traditional
Jahangir seated on a
allegorical throne by Bichitr
Jahangir and
Nurjahan
Shah
Paintings gradually became
Jahan
cold and rigid.
Themes including musical
parties; lovers, sometimes in
intimate positions, on
terraces and gardens; and
ascetics gathered around a
fire, abound in the Mughal
paintings of this period.
well-embellished portraits
with exact likeness of the
portrayed figures.
Portrait of Shah jahan
Jain
Painting
Jain
Painting
Jain Paintin
The significant feature
is the stylish figure of
g
the women in the
paintings.
Used strong colors and
liked to show enlarged
eyes of the persons in
the paintings.
The artist also liked to
decorate the persons
with ornaments.
Miniature Painting from Kalakacharya
Katha
Jain Painting
began
to decline after 16th century.
Jain
Lesya(Mental Attitude
Painting)
Painting
Rajasthani (Rajput)
Most of the time
depicted events of
Epic, beautiful
landscapes and
humans.
Rajasthani (Rajput)
The preparation of desired
colors
was
a
lengthy
process, sometimes taking
weeks.
The colors were
extracted from certain
minerals, plant sources,
conch shells, and were
even derived by
processing precious
stones.
Rajasthani
While Mughal
art is realistic,
Paintings
Rajasthani is
symbolic and filled
with poetic
metaphor
Rajasthan Painting
Ragamala means garland
iof melody ors mode
Rajasthani
Different colours
Painting
were given different
meanings
Red connoted fury
PAHAR
I
The
Miniat
The exact origin of miniature painting style practised at the Hindu Courts in
Origin:
Himalyan
Foothills
remain
unknown.
Frist known
examples
were in the states of Basohli, Kahlur and Mankot , painted in
1650.
The invasion of India and the sack of Delhi in 1739 provided the catalyst for
ure
refinement
Paintin
of
Art. Hindu courts welcomed the displaced Mughal artists. The Hill
ThePahari
Rajasthani
elements of
gs
realism
andtoMughal
Craftmanship
from The Muhammad Shahi revival
significantly
the evolving
Pahari
contributed
aesthetics
Pahari,
Krishna
Arriving at
Radha Radhas
s House
Rasamanjar
House,of
Bhanudatta
Rasamanjari
of
Bhanudatta
1660-70
and
background
Flat red
background
an ornate and
anpavillion
ornate pavillion
Rich
colour
Rich
colour
scheme
scheme
Gargoyle-like
Gargoyle-like
ornament
ornament
on the base of
Basohli
Pahari,
Raja
Raja
Shamsher
Shamsher
Sen
Sen
with his
with
son
his son
Surma
Surma
Sen,
Sen
Mandi
Mandi ,1775
,
Key features
1775
Key
The
plain, vivid
eatures
powderThe plain, vivid
blue
powderbackground and
the
blue background and
Mandi
Pahari,
The arrest of
Guler
Spies,
Spies Seige of
Lanka,Ramayana
Pahari guler 1725
Key features
eatures
The series
The
illustrates
series the
ustrates the ac tivit es
acitivities
of Rama and
of his
Rama
allies
and
before
his al
es before
climactic battle of Lanka
climactic battle of
On the reverse, they were
Lanka
inscribed
On the reverse they
Pahari,
Lady with a
Hawk Guler
Guler,175
0
Key features:
features
Lanka,
Lanka,
thethe
Mughal
Mughal
Influence
Influence
hashas
set
set itself
itself
intointo
thethe
mainstream
mainstream
style
style
Pahari,
Raja
Balwant
Singh of
Jammu
smoking
alone on a
Palace roof
in the rains
(JulyAugust
1751)
By the master
Jammu
Pahari,
Radha
and
Krishna in
the Grove
(1780)
Kangra
Introduction of love and
romance in art
The Swing
(1790)
Pahari,
The Road to
Krishna (1780)
Garhwal
Considerably influenced by
Kangra
Illustrating
an episode
from
Bhagavata
Purana
Termination
of
Miniature Art
Demise of Rajput Art
Domination of India by
British
Centres