Abstract / Description of output
The narrative of Mughal visual culture has long been shaped by the fortunes of the Mughal state. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Mughal Empire occupied a position of utmost political, economic, and demographic dominance in South Asia. This chapter takes the beginning of the reign of Alamgir (also known as Aurangzeb, r. 1658-1707) as its point of departure and concludes with the official end of Mughal rule in 1858. It considers the nature of Mughal visual culture over a 200-year span and the shifts from early modernity to modernity that defined this period. In art historical literature, Shah Jahan is rightly characterized as a great patron of art and architecture, sponsoring such impressive monuments as the Taj Mahal, the Mughal palace-fortresses at Agra and Delhi, and such lavish manuscripts as the famed “Windsor” Padshahnama, an illustrated chronicle of Shah Jahan's reign.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture |
Editors | Gulru Necipoğlu, Finbarr Barry Flood |
Place of Publication | Hoboken |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
Chapter | 40 |
Pages | 1055-1081 |
Number of pages | 27 |
Volume | 2 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781119069218, 9781119068570, 9781119068556 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781119068662 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Jun 2017 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- South Asia
- Mughal
- art
- visual culture
- architecture
- India
- painting
- East India Company
- monuments