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Reflections on Mughal art & culture / edited by Roda Ahluwalia.

Contributor(s): Language: eng Publisher: New Delhi : Niyogi Books, 2021Description: 351 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789389136784 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • N7302 .R44 2021 
Contents:
Foreword --
Introduction --
Mughal chronicles: words, images and the gaps in-between --
Preliminary thoughts on portraits of Mughal women in illustrated histories: Mahim Anaga and Hamida Banu --
A noteworthy Ustad in the Imperial Mughal Kitabkhane of Akbar and Jahangir --
Figurative Mughal murals: evidence from miniature painting --
The Imperial Library of the Mughals: The British Library Collections --
Muslim kings, Hindu temples: the legacy of India's multi-cultural history --
Mughal garden typologies reconsidered --
The lapidary arts in the Mughal Empire --
Splendid decorative arts objects of Mughal India --
Splendour of the city, Nagarshobha: textile culture of Mughal Burhanpur --
Transregional connections: architecture and the construction of early modern Islamic Empires --
The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp and its impact on Mughal painting --
The Indian women in a Persiante world: comparisons across Mughal, Safavid and Ottoman literary and visual culture --
Bibliography --
Acknowledgments --
Contributors --
Index.

Foreword --

Introduction --

Mughal chronicles: words, images and the gaps in-between --

Preliminary thoughts on portraits of Mughal women in illustrated histories: Mahim Anaga and Hamida Banu --

A noteworthy Ustad in the Imperial Mughal Kitabkhane of Akbar and Jahangir --

Figurative Mughal murals: evidence from miniature painting --

The Imperial Library of the Mughals: The British Library Collections --

Muslim kings, Hindu temples: the legacy of India's multi-cultural history --

Mughal garden typologies reconsidered --

The lapidary arts in the Mughal Empire --

Splendid decorative arts objects of Mughal India --

Splendour of the city, Nagarshobha: textile culture of Mughal Burhanpur --

Transregional connections: architecture and the construction of early modern Islamic Empires --

The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp and its impact on Mughal painting --

The Indian women in a Persiante world: comparisons across Mughal, Safavid and Ottoman literary and visual culture --

Bibliography --

Acknowledgments --

Contributors --

Index.

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