Title: Indian miniatures of the Mughal court /
Authors: Okada, Amina.
Publisher: H.N. Abrams,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts India.; Miniature painting, Mogul Empire; Islamic miniature painting India.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire
Contents: The origins of Mughal painting -- Court painters at the service of imperial ideology -- Dynastic portraits -- Allegorical portraits -- The Persian tradition : ʻAbd as-Samad, Mir Sayyid ʻAli -- Pictorial eclectism at Akbar's court : Basawan -- The discovery and impact of Western art : Kesu Das -- Persian aestheticism at the Mughal court : Aqa Riza, Mirza Ghulam, Farrukh Beg -- Painterly virtuosity : Manohar, Miskin -- The blossoming of realist portraiture in the seventeenth century : Mir Hashim, Bishan Das -- Painters of Mughal pomp and grandeur : Bichitr, Abuʼl Hasan -- The masterful painter of spiritual ascetism : Govardhan -- Realism and chiaroscuro : Payag -- The painter of flora and fauna : Mansur.