Author: Okada, Amina
Title: Indian Miniatures of the Mughal Court
Description: New York, H.N. Abrams, 1992. Hardcover. Light green cloth casebound book. There is a dust jacket with the title in dark blue down a light blue spine. Pages: (6), 7-239, (1). Profusely illustrated with color images. Contents are as follows: The origins of Mughal painting -- Court painters at the service of imperial ideology -- Dynastic portraits -- Allegorical portraits -- The Persian tradition : Abd as-Samad, Mir Sayyid Ali -- 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, Abu l Hasan -- The masterful painter of spiritual ascetism : Govardhan -- Realism and chiaroscuro : Payag -- The painter of flora and fauna : Mansur. VG/VG: Sticker to the dust jacket at the base of the spine. Stamp on front free end page. Stamp on back free end page. Sticker and due date card on back pasted end page.

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