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INDEX

Introduction

History of miniature painting

Origin of Mughal painting

Mughal miniature painting

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INTRODUCTION

What is miniature painting?

• Miniature paintings are handmade paintings.

• They are colorful & small in size.

• The highlight of these paintings is their fine brush work.

• The colors of these paintings are natural i.e. obtained from minerals, vegetables, flowers,

stones, pure gold & silver.

• The common theme of these paintings is comprised of “Ragas” i.e. the indian classical

musical codes.

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HISTORY OF MINIATURE

PAINTING

The indian miniature paintings started in the western Himalayas, in 17th century.

Wall paintings were used as a medium of expression, during 11th & 12th century

the concept which came into beginning

was of palm leaf manuscripts.

What is Manuscripts?

Manuscripts are very small in size thus the paintings

done on it are also smaller in size.

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Miniature paintings were done on paper, ivory panels,

wooden tables, marbles, clothes & walls.

Themes include scenes from Mahabharata, Bhagvat

Purana, Ramayana, Ragas.

Jodhpur school of miniature paintings depicts love scenes

of lovers called “Dholu & Maru”.

Mughal School of miniature paintings depict love scenes,

Royal courts & battle fields in gold & stone colours.

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The difference between the Rajput and the

Mughal miniature paintings is :-

• The use of colours.

• The Mughal school features muted colours,

giving it a shadow and depth

• The Rajasthan School uses bold primary

colours which give the painting an abstract look.

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ORIGIN OF MUGHAL

PAINTING

The Mughal Painting started in the period in 16th & 18th century.

The Mughal paintings were introduced by the mughal emperor “Humayun”

when he returned to India.

He invited two persian artist “Mir Sayyed Ali” & “Abu-us-Samad” to return

with him.

The mughal paintings reached high during the region of Akbar, Jahangir as

well as Shah Jahan.

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THEMES

The most popular themes with

the Mughal artists were portraits, court scenes,

hunting events and depictions of battle.

Most of the painting was in the form of miniatures , and book

illustrations.

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DEVELOPMENT

During Akbar's rule , painters created beautiful paintings that depicted scenes

from Hindu epics, and animal fables as well as portraits.

A few famous paintings of this time are the Kalilah-wa-Dimnah and Anwar-

e-Suhayli .

During Jahangir's time, the brushwork became finer and the colors were no

longer as dark as those of Akbar's rule.

The paintings of the time depicted events from Jahangir's life and scenes of

nature, as well as individual portraits.

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During Shah Jahan's reign , the themes included scenes of lovers meeting,

musical parties.

Shah Jahan's successor, Aurangzeb was not an art patron.

By the time of Shah Alam II (1759-1806), Mughal painting ceased to retain its

former glory.

It was soon to be overtaken by the Rajput school of painting.

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•The first art comes on miniature painting in

india due to Mughals.

•Mughal painting developed and flourished

during the reigns of Jahangir, Akbar and Shah

Jahan.

•This painting was Painted by Ustad Mansur

•During jahangir era, the brushwork became

finer & they were inspire on european

paintings.

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The art of mughal miniature painting was introduced in india by

mughal emperor “Humayun”.

His son, Emperor Akbar, encouraged various Indian styles,

creating a distinct Indo-Islamic style of painting.

In the time of Akbar, the paintings are developed on cotton.

The themes were related to war & hunting scenes, bright colours

were mainly used like red, blue, green & yellow.

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They also include images from animals & plants kindom

& the colors were obtained from natural materials like vegetables etc.

They develop the initial sketches on burnt wood.

During the region Shah Jahan, Architectural design began to flourish along

with mughal paintings.

They create the themes of music & parties like lovers on terrace, garden &

gathered around the fire.

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• This is the image of rhino hunt

from Baburnama.

• Baburnama is the first biography

of islamic literature.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

From the bottom of our heart we would like to thanks our Project

teacher “Jaspreet ma’am”, as you were one of our inspiration.

Our other information source were:-

Internet

Thanking you!

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Presentation Made

by:-

Saurabh Bhatia

Radhika Gupta

Munaf Amin


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