PAINTINGS FROM INDIA: (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, VOL VIII): v. VIII - Hardcover

Linda Leach

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0197276296 ISBN 13: 9780197276297

Publisher: The Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

The Nasser D. Khalili collection of Indian paintings, comprised of works dating from the early 16th to the mid-19th centuries, represents the production of Muslim ateliers such as those within the imperial Mughal courts, the Deccani sultanates and the provincial cities of Oudh. In addition to pages from many well-known Mughal illustrated manuscripts, the collection includes more unusual images, such as one from an almost unknown Akbarnamah. Several of the early Mughal miniatures have European subjects, and 18th and 19th-century works show the stronger connections with Europe that subsequently developed. Among the outstanding paintings in the collection are a 19th-century processional scene four metres in length and a rare early Deccani manuscript used for taking auguries. This book is intended for art historians, Islamicists, collectors, and curators of Islamic art, specialist art trade, readers with a general interest in the subject.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0197276296
• ISBN 13: 9780197276297
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 260