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Persian Artists in Mughal India
Persian Artists in Mughal India
A number of painters and calligraphers trained in Iran made important contributions to book production and book illustration in Mughal India. Here the careers of three of them, Mir Ali al-Harvari (ca. 1476-1545), Abd al-Samad Shirazi (ca. 1518 – ca. 1600), and Aqa Riza al-Haravi (fl. 1580-1608) will be examined. Documentation of their contributions will be supplemented by a more general survey of the artistic connections that existed between Iran and Mughal India.
One reason for the number and persistence of those connections was the Mughal enthusiasm for Iranian painting and calligraphy fostered in part by an eagerness to stress both dynastic and cultural links to the Timurids. In his autobiography, Babur shows a particular reverence for the Timurid artistic and cultural heritage, and the same appreciation is apparent in the taste of his descendents. Mughal authors mention the painting of Bihzad and the calligraphy of Suktan Ali Mashhadi as the standard of excellence against which all others works were to be judged.
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A number of painters and calligraphers trained in Iran made important contributions to book production and book illustration in Mughal India. Here the careers of three of them, Mir Ali al-Harvari (ca. 1476-1545), Abd al-Samad Shirazi (ca. 1518 – ca. 1600), and Aqa Riza al-Haravi (fl. 1580-1608) will be examined. Documentation of their contributions will be supplemented by a more general survey of the artistic connections that existed between Iran and Mughal India.
One reason for the number and persistence of those connections was the Mughal enthusiasm for Iranian painting and calligraphy fostered in part by an eagerness to stress both dynastic and cultural links to the Timurids. In his autobiography, Babur shows a particular reverence for the Timurid artistic and cultural heritage, and the same appreciation is apparent in the taste of his descendents. Mughal authors mention the painting of Bihzad and the calligraphy of Suktan Ali Mashhadi as the standard of excellence against which all others works were to be judged.
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- 3-2-2009
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