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The great Mughals : art, architecture and opulence /

The Great Mughals presents the opulent, internationalist culture of Mughal Hindustan in the age of its emperors Akbar (r.1556-1605), Jahangir (r.1605-1627) and Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658). Describing the origins of Mughal art, it explores how an Iranian influence permeated the craft traditions of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stronge, Susan (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : V&A Publishing, [2024]
Subjects:
Art, Mughal Empire > Exhibitions.
Architecture, Mughal Empire > Exhibitions.
Art moghol > Inde > Expositions.
Architecture moghole > Expositions.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Table of Contents:
  • Director's foreword
  • Preface / Susan Stronge
  • Introduction / Rajeev Kinra
  • The reign of Akbar (r. 1556-1605). The reign of Akbar: the creation of a new art / Susan Stronge ; The bronze and copper wares of Mughal Hindustan / Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvani ; The Portuguese and the global gem trade / Hugo Miguel Crespo ; A Koran from the Imperial Mughal Library / Ursula Sims-Williams ; The Bargello mother-of-pearl shield and its European reception / Adriana Concin
  • The reign of Jahangir (r. 1605-27). The reign of Jahangir: the treasury of the world / Susan Stronge ; Sa'ida Gilani and the jades of Hindustan / Assadullah Souren Melikan-Chirvani ; Mughal carpets: the 'Indian tradition' / Steven Cohen ; A Sufi ode from a vanished Lahore mosque, 1615-16 / Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvani ; All that glitters: an early Mughal Zardozi canopy / Avalon Fotheringham ; The making of the V&A Mughal coat / Avalon Fotheringham ; The zodiacal and portrait coins of Emperor Jahangir: art and poetry in circulation / Shailendra Bhandare
  • The reign of Shah Jahan (r. 1628-58). The reign of Shah Jahan: the garden of paradise / Susan Stronge ; Mughal textiles and dress / Sylvia Houghteling ; Plumes, pets and pishkesh: exotic animals and the Great Mughals / Peter Jarman ; The 'Fire-Bearer' sword of Emperor Jahangir: a Mughal dynastic heirloom / Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvani ; Chinese porcelain in the Mughal treasury / Ricarda Brosch ; Portable monuments: the reproduction of Mughal architecture / Divia Patel
  • Notes
  • Author biographies.