Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Getty Research Institute, issuing body.

Description

1. vii, 107 pages; 21 cm.

Summary

1. "Mughal painting is said to have begun in the mid-16th century as an offshoot of Persian painting. Within a few decades, however, Mughal art was transformed by European Renaissance art. Most accounts of Mughal painting trace a straightforward "evolutionary" path, with Mughal artists abandoning the Persianate style in favor of a European one. But in her essay, Singh demonstrates that the history of Mughal painting is by no means linear. During the reigns of the emperors Akbar (1556-1605) and Jahangir (1605-27), Mughal painting underwent repeated cycles of adoption, rejection, revival of both Persian and European styles. Singh suggests that the adoption and rejection of these styles was motivated as much by aesthetic interest as by court politics. By methodically unraveling this entangled history of politics and style, Singh explores new ways of understanding the significance of naturalism and stylization in Mughal art." -- Provided by publisher.

Series statement

1. Getty Research Institute Council lecture series

Uniform title

1. Looking east, looking west.
2. Getty Research Institute Council lecture series

Subject

1. Islamic painting
2. History
3. India
4. Europe
5. Painting, Renaissance > Influence
6. Painting, Renaissance > Europe > Influence
7. Islamic painting > India > History
8. Painting, Mogul Empire > History

Genre/Form

1. History.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. "Real Birds in Imagined Gardens publishes Kavita Singh's lecture titled Looking East, Looking West: Mughal Painting between Persia and Europe, held at the Getty Center on 19 November 2015" -- title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.