Our painting is a miniature, an art form popular at courts from London and Paris to Isfahan and Lahore. And Mughal miniatures show that Indian painters were well aware of developments both in ...

For Hannan Arshad, the journey towards the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award has been a rediscovery of her heritage. It was a ...

Artistic Eclecticism in Mughal Miniature Painting (1526-1707) Artistic Eclecticism in Mughal Miniature Painting (1526-1707) VIEW EVENT DETAILS . Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings from the St.

The miniature style is believed to have originated in the 11th century AD under the Palas, and is said to have reached its peak under the Mughal empire, between the 16th and 19th centuries.

In the mid-16th century, several painters from the western city of Herat, where miniature painting had flourished under the Timurid Empire, were invited to Kabul by Emperor Babur’s son, Humayun.

Rajasthan-based miniature painting atelier Studio Kishangarh is exhibiting miniatures inspired by historical Mughal artwork to the contemporary reimagining of the tales of Krishna. The miniature ...

A "Mughal" miniature is named thus not as a salaam to the Mughal Empire, but because the painting conforms to a particular style of art.

Artistic homage often proves ambivalent. Rashid Rana’s irreverent “I Love Miniatures” (2002) appears to be a pixilated portrait of a Mughal emperor, but is a digital composite of advertising ...