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Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals : art, representation and history / / edited by Crispin Branfoot
| Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals : art, representation and history / / edited by Crispin Branfoot |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 pages) |
| Disciplina | 759.954 |
| Soggetto topico |
Islamic art - South Asia
Painting, Mogul Empire - History Painting, Mogul Empire - Influence |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-350-98757-3
1-83860-896-6 1-83860-897-4 |
| Formato | Multimedia  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliteration and Conventions -- List of Contributors -- Introduction Portraiture in South Asia -- What is a Portrait in South Asia? -- Court Portraiture in Mughal India -- Portraying the Ideal Rajput -- What were Portraits for? -- Colonial Modernity and Court Portraiture in South Asia -- 1. Portrait or Image? Some Literary and Terminological Perspectives on Portraiture in Early India -- The Prevalence of Portraiture in Early India -- Literary Testimonies and Vocabulary -- Narratives of the Origins of Portraits and Images -- 2. Tracing the Rise of Mughal Portraiture: The Kabul Corpus, c. 1545-55 -- Introducing the Kabul Corpus (c. 1545-55) -- Individual Portraits -- Portraits within Larger Compositions -- The Paintings' Raison d'etre: Presentation Pieces for the Nawroz Festival? -- Approved Likenesses and Master Drawings -- The Timurid-Safavid Legacy -- Conclusion -- 3. Jahangir as Publius Scipio Maior: The Commensurability of Mughal Political Portraiture -- The European Connection -- The Standing Portrait -- Jahangir as the Queller of Rebellion -- Archduke Matthias as Publius Scipio Maior -- The Standing Portrait before a Landscape under Shah Jahan -- Jahangir and Archduke Matthias in Political Crisis -- Commensurability or Incommensurability? -- 4. Portraits in the Mirror: Living Images in Nāṣir 'Alī Sirhindī and Mīrzā 'Abd al-Qādir Bīdil -- Nāṣir 'Alī Sirhindī's Naqqāsh u ṣūrat -- The Story of Bīdil's Portrait -- Conclusion -- 5. Becoming the Hero: Metamorphosis of the Raja -- 6. The Prevalence of Portraiture in the Development of the Devgarh Style -- 7. Heroic Rulers and Devoted Servants: Performing Kingship in the Tamil Temple -- Performing Devotion on Venkatam Hill -- Dynastic Genealogies on Display in Nayaka Madurai.
Portraiture and Pilgrimage to Rameshvaram -- New Royalty and Temple Portraiture in Colonial Madras Presidency -- Conclusion -- 8. Village Portraits in William Fraser's Portfolio of Native Drawings -- The Road to Delhi -- A Gentlemen Settler for Delhi -- Shaping Boundaries, Mapping Figures -- Delineating the Immeasurable: Rania and Pastoral Portraiture -- Capturing a Likeness -- Empiricism of the Heart -- The Delhi Artist between Court and Company -- 9. The Role of Portraiture in Pakistani Contemporary Miniature Painting: The 'Mughal Connection' -- Chance -- Artists -- Bibliography. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511680903321 |
| London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019 | ||
| Multimedia | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals : art, representation and history / / edited by Crispin Branfoot
| Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals : art, representation and history / / edited by Crispin Branfoot |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 pages) |
| Disciplina | 759.954 |
| Soggetto topico |
Islamic art - South Asia
Painting, Mogul Empire - History Painting, Mogul Empire - Influence |
| ISBN |
1-350-98757-3
1-83860-896-6 1-83860-897-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliteration and Conventions -- List of Contributors -- Introduction Portraiture in South Asia -- What is a Portrait in South Asia? -- Court Portraiture in Mughal India -- Portraying the Ideal Rajput -- What were Portraits for? -- Colonial Modernity and Court Portraiture in South Asia -- 1. Portrait or Image? Some Literary and Terminological Perspectives on Portraiture in Early India -- The Prevalence of Portraiture in Early India -- Literary Testimonies and Vocabulary -- Narratives of the Origins of Portraits and Images -- 2. Tracing the Rise of Mughal Portraiture: The Kabul Corpus, c. 1545-55 -- Introducing the Kabul Corpus (c. 1545-55) -- Individual Portraits -- Portraits within Larger Compositions -- The Paintings' Raison d'etre: Presentation Pieces for the Nawroz Festival? -- Approved Likenesses and Master Drawings -- The Timurid-Safavid Legacy -- Conclusion -- 3. Jahangir as Publius Scipio Maior: The Commensurability of Mughal Political Portraiture -- The European Connection -- The Standing Portrait -- Jahangir as the Queller of Rebellion -- Archduke Matthias as Publius Scipio Maior -- The Standing Portrait before a Landscape under Shah Jahan -- Jahangir and Archduke Matthias in Political Crisis -- Commensurability or Incommensurability? -- 4. Portraits in the Mirror: Living Images in Nāṣir 'Alī Sirhindī and Mīrzā 'Abd al-Qādir Bīdil -- Nāṣir 'Alī Sirhindī's Naqqāsh u ṣūrat -- The Story of Bīdil's Portrait -- Conclusion -- 5. Becoming the Hero: Metamorphosis of the Raja -- 6. The Prevalence of Portraiture in the Development of the Devgarh Style -- 7. Heroic Rulers and Devoted Servants: Performing Kingship in the Tamil Temple -- Performing Devotion on Venkatam Hill -- Dynastic Genealogies on Display in Nayaka Madurai.
Portraiture and Pilgrimage to Rameshvaram -- New Royalty and Temple Portraiture in Colonial Madras Presidency -- Conclusion -- 8. Village Portraits in William Fraser's Portfolio of Native Drawings -- The Road to Delhi -- A Gentlemen Settler for Delhi -- Shaping Boundaries, Mapping Figures -- Delineating the Immeasurable: Rania and Pastoral Portraiture -- Capturing a Likeness -- Empiricism of the Heart -- The Delhi Artist between Court and Company -- 9. The Role of Portraiture in Pakistani Contemporary Miniature Painting: The 'Mughal Connection' -- Chance -- Artists -- Bibliography. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793567203321 |
| London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals : art, representation and history / / edited by Crispin Branfoot
| Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals : art, representation and history / / edited by Crispin Branfoot |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 pages) |
| Disciplina | 759.954 |
| Soggetto topico |
Islamic art - South Asia
Painting, Mogul Empire - History Painting, Mogul Empire - Influence |
| ISBN |
1-350-98757-3
1-83860-896-6 1-83860-897-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliteration and Conventions -- List of Contributors -- Introduction Portraiture in South Asia -- What is a Portrait in South Asia? -- Court Portraiture in Mughal India -- Portraying the Ideal Rajput -- What were Portraits for? -- Colonial Modernity and Court Portraiture in South Asia -- 1. Portrait or Image? Some Literary and Terminological Perspectives on Portraiture in Early India -- The Prevalence of Portraiture in Early India -- Literary Testimonies and Vocabulary -- Narratives of the Origins of Portraits and Images -- 2. Tracing the Rise of Mughal Portraiture: The Kabul Corpus, c. 1545-55 -- Introducing the Kabul Corpus (c. 1545-55) -- Individual Portraits -- Portraits within Larger Compositions -- The Paintings' Raison d'etre: Presentation Pieces for the Nawroz Festival? -- Approved Likenesses and Master Drawings -- The Timurid-Safavid Legacy -- Conclusion -- 3. Jahangir as Publius Scipio Maior: The Commensurability of Mughal Political Portraiture -- The European Connection -- The Standing Portrait -- Jahangir as the Queller of Rebellion -- Archduke Matthias as Publius Scipio Maior -- The Standing Portrait before a Landscape under Shah Jahan -- Jahangir and Archduke Matthias in Political Crisis -- Commensurability or Incommensurability? -- 4. Portraits in the Mirror: Living Images in Nāṣir 'Alī Sirhindī and Mīrzā 'Abd al-Qādir Bīdil -- Nāṣir 'Alī Sirhindī's Naqqāsh u ṣūrat -- The Story of Bīdil's Portrait -- Conclusion -- 5. Becoming the Hero: Metamorphosis of the Raja -- 6. The Prevalence of Portraiture in the Development of the Devgarh Style -- 7. Heroic Rulers and Devoted Servants: Performing Kingship in the Tamil Temple -- Performing Devotion on Venkatam Hill -- Dynastic Genealogies on Display in Nayaka Madurai.
Portraiture and Pilgrimage to Rameshvaram -- New Royalty and Temple Portraiture in Colonial Madras Presidency -- Conclusion -- 8. Village Portraits in William Fraser's Portfolio of Native Drawings -- The Road to Delhi -- A Gentlemen Settler for Delhi -- Shaping Boundaries, Mapping Figures -- Delineating the Immeasurable: Rania and Pastoral Portraiture -- Capturing a Likeness -- Empiricism of the Heart -- The Delhi Artist between Court and Company -- 9. The Role of Portraiture in Pakistani Contemporary Miniature Painting: The 'Mughal Connection' -- Chance -- Artists -- Bibliography. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821198103321 |
| London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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