Author: BEACH, MILO CLEVELAND. ASIA SOCIETY
Title: Early Mughal painting / Milo Cleveland Beach
Description: Cambridge. Mass. : For the Asia Society by Harvard University Press 1987. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and sharp-cornered.Series; The Polsky lectures in Indian and Southeast Asian art and archaeology. Physical description; viii. 164 pages.1 unnumbered plate(col.) : illustrations. map ; 26 cm. Notes; 'This book has been adapted from a series of lectures given at the Asia Society in New York. 1985' - Preface. Bibliography : p. [147]-150. Contents; Introduction 1. Humayun and the Young Akbar: Sources for the Mughal Style 2. Akbar as Patron: Images for the King of Kings 3. Akbar and the Past: Tradition and Innovation at Lahore Notes Selected Bibliography List of Illustrations Index. Summary; One of the minor miracles of art history is the extraordinary flowering of Indian painting that began in the mid-sixteenth century under the early Mughal emperors of Indian. notably Akbar the Great. Only in recent decades has the consummate artistry of early Mughal painting come to be widely appreciated in the West. Scholars have noted the innovations--departures from both Islamic and native Indian tradition--of the new. highly distinctive school of painting. among them natural history studies. a concern for portraiture. and the documentation of contemporary court events. Milo Beach traces. with an abundance of captivating illustrations. the evolution of the Mughal style. While acknowledging the influence of Akbar's interests and changing tastes (related in turn to historical and biographical circumstances). he shows that many of the new tendencies were evident during the short reign of Akbar's father. the Emperor Humayun. whose role as patron of the arts is thereby reassessed. Beach also stresses the traditionalism of the individual painters. who only gradually changed their concepts and compositions in response to foreign influences and to imperial taste. Mughal art. he affirms. can no longer be regarded as simply a reflection of its imperial patrons. The book takes account of recently discovered material and reproduces for the first time important paintings from unpublished manuscripts and albums. It will appeal to the general reader as well as the scholar. Biography. Milo Cleveland Beach is Assistant Director of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Smithsonian Institution. Subjects; Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts - India. Illumination of books and manuscripts. Mogul. Illumination of books and manuscripts. Islamic - India. Painting. Mogul. Miniature painting. Mogul. India - Kings and rulers - Art patronage. Illuminated manuscripts - Oriental - India - 16th century. Painting - Asia - India - 16th century. Patronage. Art patronage - Asia - India - Medieval period (6th-16th centuries). Illustration. Art / Techniques / Calligraphy. Design / Graphic Arts / Commercial & Corporate. Genre; Illustrated. ISBN: 0674221850. Weight in Kg appr.:

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