Mughal Occidentalism

Artistic Encounters between Europe and Asia at the Courts of India, 1580-1630

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

AvMika Natif

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In Mughal Occidentalism, Mika Natif elucidates the meaningful and complex ways in which Mughal artists engaged with European art and techniques from the 1580s-1630s. Using visual and textual sources, this book argues that artists repurposed Christian and Renaissance visual idioms to embody themes from classical Persian literature and represent Mughal policy, ideology and dynastic history. A reevaluation of illustrated manuscripts and album paintings incorporating landscape scenery, portraiture, and European objects demonstrates that the appropriation of European elements was highly motivated by Mughal concerns. This book aims to establish a better understanding of cross-cultural exchange from the Mughal perspective by emphasizing the agency of local artists active in the workshops of Emperors Akbar and Jahangir.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-11-21
Mått155 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt625 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska, Persiska
Antal sidor310
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004699786

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AcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsAbbreviations and ConventionsIntroductionBrief Historical BackgroundDefining Mughal OccidentalismChristian and European Elements in Islamic ArtOrganization of the Book1 Mughal Tolerance and the Encounters with EuropeReligious Tolerance under Akbar and JahangirMughals and Europeans: The EncountersThe Challenge of Primary SourcesDiplomatic Gifts and “Special” Christian ArticlesThe Mughal Elite and Pictures of Mary and Jesus2 Mughal Masters and European Art: Tradition and Innovation at the Royal WorkshopsCopying and Innovation at the Imperial WorkshopsRepurposing the European Masters3 European Articles in Mughal PaintingEuropean Prints in Mughal AlbumsVisualizing European Articles in Mughal PaintingThe Organ: Plato Making Music4 Landscape Painting as Mughal Allegory: Micro-Architecture, Perspective and ṣulḥ-i kullThe Mughal Interest in TopographyChronology of Change in Landscape RepresentationImages of Urbanism and Agriculture: Diversity and ProsperityThe Virtuous City and the Circle of JusticeEuropean Techniques: Sfumato and Atmospheric Perspective 5 Concepts of Portraiture under Akbar and JahangirMughal Terminology and PraxisForm, Essence, and Physiognomy The Politics of Portraiture EpilogueBibliographyIndex