by Aayushi Shrimali And Akanksha Manna (University of Delhi) (kalindi college)History Hons /3rd year origin background jahangir shahjahan later mughal school ,prominent painters and influences

1. MUGHAL PAINTINGS
Aayushi Shrimali(18518011)
Akanksha Manna(18518012)
BA(Hons)History/3rd Year

2. Mughal painting is a particular style of South Asian,
particularly North Indian. It emerged from Persian
miniature painting .
 Mughal court painting, drew little from indigenous
non-Muslim traditions of painting.
1.Emperor Jahangir visiting the
ascetic Jadrup, c. 1616–
20,Govardhan
Mughal
Painting
High
culture
Popular
culture
2.Shah Jahan accepts a falcon from
Dara Shikoh3.Nurjahan

3. The Mughal era used expensive
colours obtained from minerals and
metals.
Mughal painting immediately took a
much greater interest in realistic
portraiture than was typical of Persian
miniatures.
 Animals and plants were the main
subject of many miniatures for albums
and common subjects include portraits,
events and scenes from court life, wild
life and hunting scenes, and illustrations
of battles.
Babur, the first mughal ruler , could
not contribute towards painting culture.
5.17th-century portrait
of Babur
6.Nilgai by Ustad
Mansur
4.Babur and his
retinue visiting Gor
Khatri.

4. When the second Mughal emperor, Humayun (1530–1540 and
1555–1556) was in exile in Tabriz, he was exposed to Persian
miniature painting.
Humanyun brought two accomplished Persian artists Abd al-
Samad and Mir Sayyid Ali to India with him.
 Humayun's period famous painting is titled”princes of the house of
timur”.
His major known commission was “khamsa of Nizami”.7.Princes of the House of
Timur
Under Akbar’s (1556–1605) European
painitng was introduced at the court by the
portuguese priests.
 Paintings were organized as an Imperial
establishment or karkhana or tasvir khana .
Themes-Daily court events,portraits.
Mughal school of painting was established.
Narrative paiting were made such as
Hazmnama,Tutinama,Razmnama,Baburnama,
Tarikh-i-Alfi,hindu epics,and Darab Nama.
9.Akbar receiving abdul rahim8.Akbar portrait

5. During Jahangir,the persian and Indian style of painting were fully
systhesised.
 Manuscripts became less important than individual pictures.
Brush work became lighter and finer.
Main themes were hunting scenes,birds and flowers,and portraiture.
10.Red blossom,by Mansur 11.Jahangir with falcon 12.A Zebra, by Mansur

6. Jahangir was also deeply influenced by European Painting.
The Jahangirnama written during his lifetime,which is an
autiobiographical account of Jahangir’s reign,has several painting.
Jahangir maintained his own studio,and took every artistic decision.
14.Emperor Jahangir weighs
Prince by Manohar Das
13.Celebrations painting from
Jahangirnama
15. 17th century painting,
by Abu’l Hasan,

7. Two important elements
in the style of Mughal
painting during the
Jahangir’s reign:
•Formalist style that is
realistic painting
•Broad margins
Abul-Hasan,was
recognised for his talent and
titled “Nadiru’l Zaman”-
wonder of age
17.Emperor Jahangir
holding a portrait of
Emperor Akbar
16.Aurangzeb during the siege
of golconda 1687
18.Jahangir and Prince
Khurram feasted by Nur
Jahan

8. During the reign of Shah Jahan ,court paintings became more rigid and formal.
 Jahangir’s style was replaced by the decorative style of Shahjahan.
Special attention was given to the art of border making ,and lavish golden colour was
used.
 Under him, the previous tradition of doing portraits preparing albums, and illustrating
books, was continued.
19. Portrait of Shahjahan
20.miniature painting from
the Badshahnama 21.Shahjahan on horseback

9. The illustrations from the "Padshahnama" (chronicle
of the King of the world), by Abd-al-Hamid Lahori is
one of the finest Islamic manuscripts from the Royal
Collection, at Windsor, were painted during the reign of
Shah Jahan.
Themes included musical parties; lovers; and ascetics
gathered around a fire.Another important theme chosen
for painting was super imposition of animals and the
scenes of performing acrobats.
24.Shah Jahan,
accompanied by his three
sons: Dara Shikoh, Shah
Shuja and Aurangzeb, and
their maternal
grandfather Asaf Khan IV
23.Shah Jahan at his Durbar, from
the Windsor Padshahnama
22.Shah Jahan and Mumtaz
Mahal

10. Aurangzeb (1658–1707) was never an
enthusiastic patron of painting.
Aurangzeb’s lack of interest in
painting led to a dispersal of the artist to
different places of the country.
There was a brief revival during the
reign of Muhammad Shah 'Rangeela'
(1719–48), but by the time of Shah Alam
II (1759–1806), the art of Mughal
painting had lost its glory.
Other schools of Indian painting had
developed, including, in the royal courts
of the Rajput kingdoms
of Rajputana, Rajput painting and in
the cities ruled by the British East India
Company, the Company style under
Western influence.
26.The Emperor
Aurangzeb Carried on a
Palanquin
27.The emperor
'Alamgir
(Aurangzeb)

11. Iranian Infulence
1.Flat effect/2D
effect
2.Facial features
depicted as
‘Mongolian’influen
ced by chinese style
through mongols.
3.Scenes of
nature,hills,garden
s,fountains,trees,la
ndscaped
4.Iranian costumes
European Influence
1.3D Effect/shading
2.Effect of light and
shade mostly in
fighting scenes
3.Depiction of roaring
clouds
4.Principle of fore-
shortening.
5.European symbols
and motifs like cross
angles
6. oil paintings.
Indian Influence
1.Use of deep colours
i.e;deep red,deep
blue
2.Indian colours
such as peacock blue
3.Religious themes
like mahabharata
illustration
4.Plastic roundness of
Indian painting for
3D effect
5.Indian Trees and
flowers were
introduced.

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