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Art of the Mughal Empire through the Modern Period 17th-19th Centuries More info - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3blZB9XNAE
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Mughal Miniature, The Padshahnama
Bichitr. JAHANGIR PREFERRING A SUFI SHAYKH TO KINGS. Mughal dynasty, ca. 1615–1618.
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper. Height 18-7/8" × 13" (48 × 33 cm).
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase (F1942.15).
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QUTB MOSQUE. Ghurid dynasty, 1192 and later.
Delhi.
Ashok Sukumaran © Dorling Kindersley. [Fig. 3-2]
ORNAMENTATION ON ARCHED SCREEN, QUTB MOSQUE. Ghurid dynasty, 1198.
Red sandstone.
Delhi. © Dan Saunders Photography/Alamy. [Fig. 3-3]
QUTB MINAR. Ghurid dynasty, 1199 and later.
Delhi.
© Massimo Borchi/Atlantide Phototravel/Corbis. [Fig. 3-4]
FORT AT CHITOR. 14th century and later.
Mewar, Rajasthan.
akg-images/Gerard Degeorge. [Fig. 3-5]
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VIJAY STAMBHA. 1440.
Chitor fort, Mewar, Rajasthan.
© Dinodia. [Fig. 3-6]
CONGREGATIONAL MOSQUE. 1411.
Ahmadabad, Gujarat.
akg-images/Gerard Degeorge. [Fig. 3-7]
PIERCED STONE SCREEN, SIDI SAID MOSQUE. 1573.
Ahmadabad, Gujarat.
R. & S. Michaud/akg-images. [Fig. 3-8]
RUSTAM KILLS THE WHITE DIV. ca. 1425–1450.
Folio from the "Jainesque" Shahnama. 12-5/8" × 9-13⁄16" (32 × 25 cm).
Northern India; Museum Rietberg, Zurich. Gift of the Rietberg Society. [Fig. 3-9]
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THE PREPARATION OF QIMA. ca. 1495–1505.
Colors and gold on paper. 4-7/8” × 5-1/4″ (12.5 × 13.5 cm).
Folio 71b from the Ni’matnama (detail). Mandu. British Library, London.
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Mahmud Shaban (copyist). TUGHLUQ QUR'AN. 1399.
Paper, ink, watercolor, gold, and leather binding colors. 11-3/8" × 8-3/4" (28.9 × 22.2 cm). Gwalior. Image courtesy of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, AKM281 folio 274v-275r.
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THRONE LEG. Eastern Ganga dynasty, 13th century.
Ivory. 13-3/4" × 6-1/8" × 5-1/8" (34.9 × 15.7 × 13.2 cm).
Orissa. Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Charles Lang Freer (F1907.8). [Fig. 3-12]
Farrukh Husain. IBRAHIM 'ADIL SHAH II HAWKING. ca. 1590.
Opaque watercolor on paper. 11-1/4" × 6-1/8" (28.7 × 15.6 cm).
Bijapur; Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (Ms. E 14, fol. 2).
TOMB OF IBRAHIM 'ADIL SHAH II. ca. 1627.
Ibrahim Rauza complex, Bijapur.
© Shashank Mehendale/ephotocorp/Alamy. [Fig. 3-13]
INSCRIPTIONS ON THE TOMB OF IBRAHIM 'ADIL SHAH II.
© Dinodia. [Fig. 3-14]
DAGGER WITH ZOOMORPHIC HILT. Second half of the 16th century.
Hilt: cast, chased, and gilded copper, inlaid with rubies; blade: forged steel.
Length 15-5/8" (39.6 cm).
Probably Bijapur. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2011 (2011.236).
© 2013 Image copyright Art Resource/Scala, Florence. [Fig. 3-15]
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BIDRI DISH. Second half of the 17th century.
Bidri metal inlaid with brass, diameter 12-2⁄3" (32.2 cm).
Deccan. The David Collection, Denmark (16/20110). Photographer Pernille Klemp.
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FLOOR SPREAD FRAGMENT. Late 17th–early 18th century.
Resist- and mordant-dyed cotton. 41-3/4" × 54" (106 × 137 cm).
Burhanpur. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
© V&A Images—All rights reserved. [Fig. 3-17]
ELEPHANT STABLES. 14th–early 15th century.
Vijayanagara. Hampi, Karnataka. Pixtal/SuperStock. [Fig. 3-18]
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VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE (gopura on right). 10th century and later. Vijayanagara. Hampi, Karnataka.© Dinodia. [Fig. 3-19]
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THE GOPURA AT THE MINAKSHI TEMPLE (DETAIL). 16th century and later.
Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
akg-images/Gerard Degeorge. [Fig. 3-20]
PANCH MAHAL. Mid-16th century.
Fatehpur Sikri, Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
© Dinodia. [Fig. 3-21]
CENTRAL PLATFORM OF THE PRIVATE AUDIENCE HALL. Mid-16th century.
Fatehpur Sikri, Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
© Christophe Boisvieux/Corbis. [Fig. 3-22]
TOMB OF SHAYKH SALIM CHISHTI. Mid-16th century. Fatehpur Sikri, Agra, Uttar Pradesh. ©Jeremy Graham/dbimages/Alamy. [Fig. 3-23]
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VIEW INSIDE OF TOMB OF SHAYKH SALIM CHISHTI.
R. & S. Michaud/akg-images. [Fig. 3-24]
VIEW INSIDE OF TOMB OF SHAYKH SALIM CHISHTI.
R. & S. Michaud/akg-images. [Fig. 3-24]
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TAJ MAHAL. 1631–1643.
Agra.
© Joao Figueiredo/Getty Images. [Fig. 3-26]
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DETAIL OF MARBLE INLAY ON THE TAJ MAHAL.
© Philippe Lissac/Godong/Corbis. [Fig. 3-27]
Attributed to Dust Muhammad. HUMAYUN AND HIS BROTHERS IN A LANDSCAPE. ca. 1546.
Opaque watercolor on paper. 15-3/4" × 8-2⁄3” (40 × 22 cm).
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Photo Scala, Florence/BPK, Bildagentur für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Berlin/Dietmar Katz. [Fig. 3-28]
Attributed to Basavana, Shravana, and Tara. ASSAD BIN KARIBA LAUNCHES A NIGHT ATTACK ON THE CAMP OF MALIK IRAJ. ca. 1564–1569.
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth mounted on paper.
27" × 21-1/4” (66 × 54 cm).
Folio from the Hamzanama. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1918 (18.44.1). 2013 Image copyright Art Resource/Scala, Florence. [Fig. 3-29]
KRISHNA HOLDS UP MOUNT GOVARDHAN TO SHELTER THE VILLAGERS OF BRAJ.
ca. 1590–1595.
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. 11-3/8" × 7-7/8” (28.9 × 20 cm).
Folio from the Harivamsa ("The Legend of Hari [Krishna]". Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1928 (28.63.1). © 2013 Image copyright Art Resource/Scala, Florence. [Fig. 3-30]
Attributed to Chitarman II. MUHAMMAD SHAH IN A PALANQUIN.
Mughal dynasty, ca. 1730– 1740.
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. 15-3⁄16" × 17-1⁄16” (38.6 × 43.4 cm).
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Arthur Mason Knapp Fund (26.283).
Photograph © 2014. [Fig. 3-31]
KALAMKARI WITH FIGURES IN AN ARCHITECTURAL SETTING.
ca. 1640–1650.
Resist-dyed cotton, painted. 8'3-1/2” × 6'5” (2.53 × 1.96 m).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Mrs Albert Blum (20.79). © 2013 Image copyright Art Resource/Scala, Florence.
CARPET WITH PATTERN OF SCROLLING VINES AND ANIMALS. ca. 1625.
Wool pile on cotton warp and cotton weft. 13'7-3/4” × 6'3-3⁄16” (4.16 × 1.91 m). Northwest India. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Widener Collection (1942.9.475). [Fig. 3-32]
WINE CUP OF SHAH JAHAN. Mughal dynasty, 1657.
White nephrite jade. 7-3/8" × 5-1/2” (18.7 × 14 cm).
Northern India. Victoria & Albert Museum, London. © V&A Images—All rights reserved. [Fig. 3-33]
MANGO-SHAPED FLASK. Mughal dynasty, mid-17th century.
Rock crystal, set with gold, enamel, rubies, and emeralds. Height 2-1/2" (6.5 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1993 (1993.18). © 2013 Image copyright Art Resource/Scala, Florence. [Fig. 3-34]
WRITING BOX. 1587.
Lacquered teak and mother-of-pearl. 3-3/8" × 4-1/4" × 14-1/4" (8.7 × 10.8 × 36.2 cm). Gujarat. Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (F1986.589-c).
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EUROPEANS BRING GIFTS TO SHAH JAHAN. 1657.
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. 23-1⁄16" × 14-1/2" (58.6 × 36.8 cm).
Folio from the Padshahnama, Royal Library, Windsor Castle (RL OMS 1621, f.43b).
The Royal Collection © 2011 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II/The Bridgeman Art Library. [Fig. 3-36]
THE DEPOSITION FROM THE CROSS. ca. 1598.
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. 7-5/8" × 4-5/8" (19.4 × 11.7 cm).
Lahore, Pakistan; Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
© V&A Images—All rights reserved. [Fig. 3-37]
Attributed to Niju. AN ELEPHANT HUNT. Kota kingdom, ca. 1730–1740.
Vellum. 17-3/4" × 20-1/4" (45 × 51.5 cm).
Kota, Rajasthan. Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.
© The Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library/The Bridgeman Art Library. [Fig. 3-38]
Rajput school. MAHARANA SANGRAM SINGH II AND DURGA DAS RATHORE OF JODHPUR WATCHING JETHI WRESTLERS AT MANEK CHOWK, CITY PALACE, UDAIPUR. 1715–1718.
Gouache on vasli. 16-7/8" × 13" (43 × 33 cm).
City Palace Museum, Udaipur. Image courtesy Pictorial Archives of the Maharanas of Mewar, Udaipur 2012.19.0028. © Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation. [Fig. 3-39]
CITY PALACE. 1559 and later.
Udaipur, Rajasthan.
Sebastian Wasek/age fotostock/SuperStock. [Fig. 3-40]
INTERIOR OF JESS MANDIR. 1635–1640.
Amber (Amer) Fort, Amber, Rajasthan.
© Danny Lehman/Corbis. [Fig. 3-41]
Attributed to Manaku. RAMA RELEASES THE DEMON SPIES SHUKA AND SARANA. ca. 1725.
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper. 24-1/2" × 32-5/8" (62.2 × 82.9 cm).
Folio from a Ramayana "Siege of Lanka" series. Punjab Hills, Guler. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1924 (19.24.1). © 2013 Image copyright Art Resource/Scala, Florence. [Fig. 3-42]
Attributed to Nainsukh. BALWANT SINGH RELAXING AT A FIREPLACE. ca. 1755–1760. Colors on paper. 10-1⁄16" × 13-5/8" (25.6 × 34.8 cm).
Pahari region. Museum Rietberg, Zurich. Gift of Lucy Rudolph.
© Photo: Rainer Wolfsberger. [Fig. 3-43]
GOLDEN TEMPLE. 1604 and later.
Amritsar, Punjab.
© 2012 Sourav Ghosh/Getty Images. [Fig. 3-44]
LEFT SIDE OF A DOUBLE-PAGE FRONTISPIECE TO A DASAM GRANTH MANUSCRIPT DEPICTING THE TEN GURUS. 1850.
Gouache and gold on paper. 13-7/8" × 13" (35.4 × 33 cm).
Amritsar, Punjab; British Library, London. © The British Library Board/Robana.
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