The Jenghiz Khan miniatures from the court of Akbar the Great

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From the time of the devastation of Iran by Jenghiz Khan in the 13 th centtiry, until the reign of the Muslim conquerors from Turkey and Afghanistan, Indian culture was subjected to the influences of Persian art and literatiure. In the sixties of the sixteenth century, a court studio was established by Akbar the Great, the third ruler of the Great Mughal dynasty, who had always endeavoured to promote cul-ttiral bonds between the two countries. Indian painters were taught there by the Persian masters and the miniatures in this book, illustrations in the Teheran manuscript of Rash-iduddin's History, rank by their artistic execution as one of its outstanding productions. They are a document of the daily life of the epoch in which they were painted — since the events depicted took place some three hundred years earlier and the Mongols had hardly penetrated India — and not an illustrated history of the Mongolian invasion of Iran. The miniattires bear marks of the struggle which... Tovább

Fülszöveg

From the time of the devastation of Iran by Jenghiz Khan in the 13 th centtiry, until the reign of the Muslim conquerors from Turkey and Afghanistan, Indian culture was subjected to the influences of Persian art and literatiure. In the sixties of the sixteenth century, a court studio was established by Akbar the Great, the third ruler of the Great Mughal dynasty, who had always endeavoured to promote cul-ttiral bonds between the two countries. Indian painters were taught there by the Persian masters and the miniatures in this book, illustrations in the Teheran manuscript of Rash-iduddin's History, rank by their artistic execution as one of its outstanding productions. They are a document of the daily life of the epoch in which they were painted — since the events depicted took place some three hundred years earlier and the Mongols had hardly penetrated India — and not an illustrated history of the Mongolian invasion of Iran. The miniattires bear marks of the struggle which developed between the two diverse cultures. Persian civilisation brought to India by the Muslim rulers, was gradually transformed and absorbed by the Indian environment which was victorious in the end not only in painting, but in other spheres of art as well. The excellent illustrations in this book are a wimess to the Indian miniaturists' success ia combining the restilts achieved by the Persian school with Indian tradition, and are proof of the high artistic standards of Islamic India.
EASTERN MINIATURES
This series on Eastern Miniatures also includes books on Persian Miniatures and Indian Miniatures of the Mughal School.
PERSIAN MINIATURES
The miniatures reproduced in this book come from the Iranian collections in the Imperial Library of Gulistan and the Archaeological Museum of Teheran. As the majority of previous reproductions have been in monochrome only, this present collection will be welcome for its large scale and use of full colour. There are comprehensive descriptions, and in her Introduction the author provides a clear summary of the major historical, aesthetic and conventional influences that moulded the Persian Miniatures' exciting form and content.
INDIAN MINIATURES of the Mughal School
Dealing in particular with the 17th century, the author gives an account of the origins of this interesting art form and also an analysis of its reaction to changes in its political and economic environment. The excellent reproductions of important miniatures are accompanied by full and illuminating notes, and, with the scholarly text, they constitute one of the best available presentations of this ever-popular phase of Indian painting.
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