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🔆Mughal Paintings : ✅ Mughal painting echoes an elite mixture of Indian, Persian and Islamic styles. ✅ The Mughal paintings are developed during the rule of Mughal Emperors in India (16th to 19th century). ✅ The themes of the Mughal paintings orbited around the battles, court scenes, receptions, legendary stories, hunting scenes, wildlife, portraits, etc. ▪️History: ✅ The earliest example of the Mughal style is the Tutinama (‘Tales of a Parrot’) Painting. ✅Indian Mughal paintings emerged during the rule of Mughal Emperor, Humayun (1530-1540). ✅ When he returned to India from the outcast, he additionally brought along two eminent Persian artists, Mir-Sayyid Ali and Abd-us-samad. ✅ Mughal paintings of India advanced as well as flourished under the reign of Mughal Emperors, Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan. Growth of Mughal Painting ▪️Akbar ✅ Mughal painting has advanced largely in the reign of Akbar ✅ The paintings are usually based on tales and epics like the Mahabharata, Ramayana and Persian epics. ✅ It also started demonstrating an enriched naturalism, with animal tales, landscape, portraits, etc. ✅ Akbar established a separate department for painting. ✅ He started the concept of Karkhana. ✅ Indian painters were also present in karkhana. That’s why there is Indian influence in the paintings. ✅ Famous painters of that time are Dashwant, Baswan and Kesu. ✅ Most of the paintings during Akbar’s reign were miniature paintings. ▪️Jahangir ✅ Mughal Emperor Jahangir ruled from 1605 to 1627 He stretched great support to several art forms, specifically paintings. ✅ This era has seen enhancement in brushwork, along with the usage of much lighter and subdued colors. ✅ The main themes of this era’s paintings were revolved around the events from the life of Jahangir’s, along with portraits, birds, flowers, animals, etc. ✅ He also started the portrait paintings. ✅ Decoration of margins started from his time. ✅ He also has his own workshop for painting. ✅ One of the famous painters of that time was Ustad Mansoor. ✅ And famous paintings of that time are zebra, Turkey, and Maulana-do-Pyaza. ▪️Shah Jahan : ✅ The elegance and modification of the Jahangir period were seen at the time of Shah Jahan also. ✅ The themes were musical parties, lovers on terraces and gardens, ascetics gathered around a fire, etc. ▪️Decline : ✅ The trend that was seen amid the season of Shah Jahan was also found under the reign of Aurangzeb. ✅Be that as it may, the Aurangzeb did not pay too much attention to the development of the Mughal paintings. ✅ The period of Muhammad Shah did experience a short revitalization of the Mughal paintings. ✅ With the onset of Shah Alam II, the art almost became non-existent and alternative school of painting, recognized as Rajput paintings, started developing. #quick_revision #art_and_culture #history Follow👉 @UPSC_Notes

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