MughalandRajputPainting(TheNewCambridgeHistoryofIndia)
- 作者
- 出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
- 出版时间 1992年10月
- ISBN 9780521400275
- 定价 927.40
内容简介
TheMughals-descendantsofTimurandGenghizKhanwithstrongculturaltiestothePersianworld-seizedpoliticalpowerinnorthIndiain1526andbecamethemostimportantartisticallyactiveMuslimdynastyonthesubcontinent.Inthisrichlyillustratedbook,DrMiloBeachshowshow,between1555and1630inparticular,MughalpatronageoftheartswasincessantandradicallyinnovativefortheIndiancontext.TheMughalsalsoprofoundlyalteredthecharacterofpaintingintheHinduareasofnorthIndiaoverwhichtheyruled.TheseinitiallyindependentterritoriesbelongedtoRajputs,Hindusofthewarriorcaste.TheauthorrevealshowMughalpaintingwasdefinedbythestylespopularattheimperialcourt,whereasPajputpaintingconsistedofmanylocalcourtstyles,correspondingtothevariousHindukingdoms,eachwithdifferenttastesandartisticinspirations.DeeplyrootedinIndianartistictraditions,RajputpaintingswerealsocloselyalliedtoimagerypopularwithIndianvillagersandtoworksmadefortempleusethroughoutthesubcontinent.Byreproducingnearly200examplesinthisstudy,MiloBeachtracestheinterplayofthetraditionsofMughalandRajputpaintingfromthesixteenthtonineteenthcenturies.HedemonstratesthetoleranceeachshowedtowardsoutsideinfluenceandchangeandthushelpstodefineauniquelyIndianattitudetowardsthearts.Theauthoralsoexpandshisnarrativebylisting,inanappendix,importantdatedmanuscriptsandrelatedpublications.MughalandRajputPaintingmakesamajorcontributiontothestudyofnorthIndianpainting.Thisworkwillbewidelyreadbystudentsandspecialistsofarthistory,IndianhistoryandSouthAsianstudiesaswellasbyanyoneinterestedinIndianart.
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