History · 10. May 2022
If we tend to take a deep look, we can notice that the Vaishnava impact, which spread across India at the end of 15the century, also influenced the Rajput painting. The Geetha Govindam, which was about the divine diversion of Lord Krishna, demonstrated a rhythmic impulsion but was restrained by the devotional approach. Each painting of the Geetha Govindam was tranquil and offered infinite joy that usually comes with the Vaishnava cultural diversity.
History · 10. April 2022
Most of the Gujarati Rajput paintings are a kind of story-telling like the Ajanta cave paintings. A remarkable fact is that if we tend to take a deep look at those paintings, we can notice that the dresses of males and females are quite similar to Ajanta cave paintings. It is applicable in ornaments too. It means that the Mughal impact as yet was far away from the drapery arrangements, and ornamental designs in those paintings.
History · 10. March 2022
After the decadence of the Mughal reign, Rajput painting got unbelievable prosperity that is sometimes considered as the creation of God, not the human. At the time of decay of the Mughal reign in the 18th century, when the flow of work got dimming away in the studio of royal court artists of the Mughal emperor, then most of them were scattered elsewhere of Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh,..........
History · 14. May 2021
In 1719, when Farrukhsiyar lost his throne, and the Mughal kingdom had some dilemma for few times, Muhammad Shah got the throne as the next emperor. In the reign of Muhammad Shah, Mughal miniature painting revived somewhat once again. Although the royal studio got shorter, the Mughal royal trait in miniature painting reverted again. But the misery never left behind.
History · 12. April 2021
In the reign of Jahangir, the entire country had a peaceful environment, and the royal court was full of flamboyant. As an outcome, earlier artists of the royal court who loved to paint the scene of battle changed the subject and were passionate to demonstrate the luster as well as the flamboyance of the royal court. In the earlier miniature paintings, vibrating gorgeous colors turned into soberness, which formed a pleasant mood.
History · 18. February 2021
The best Mughal miniature painting among the animal category was a bird. It's worth appreciating the artist who made this beautiful portrait of a bird with great color, composition, and undoubtable accuracy. As far as I know, it was by the artist named Mansur.
History · 18. January 2021
Emperor Jahangir estimated himself as a highly fascinated art critique. Of course, there was a legitimate reason behind such estimation. Based on the historic description, sometimes, Jahangir ordered several artists to compose a painting by splitting it up into several parts. Some funny matters related to such order, we could find in his autobiography.
Art · 08. January 2021
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History · 18. December 2020
At this time, we can find some great paintings that could reach up to the standard of European miniature artists. It indeed meets the standard of the painting of Bihzad. It's awestruck to look at the attentiveness in the detailing of the painting, impeccable finishing, intelligence of a successful presentation, which are now just unmatchable.
History · 18. November 2020
There is a distinctive factor in the Mughal miniature painting, among other Indian styles and forms, which vindicate that the origin of the Mughal miniature is not in India. The specialty of the Mughal miniature is the use of calligraphy around the border of the miniature that raises a unique value of Mughal miniature art. What's the unique point of it?