Mughal India

topic posted Thu, November 2, 2006 - 1:07 AM by  Alicia
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I'm trying to come up with a plan for an Art History paper and I'm having a few troubles. I'm trying to concentrate on European travel accounts of Mughal India. First, I need to show some sort of impact these travelers had on European and/or Indian culture. Second, I need to be able to do that in a visual culture context by drawing on images of some sort. I can't find any images that would directly relate to European travel accounts. Some drawings or paintings by European artists of Mughal Indian people or places would be so helpfull but I can't seem to find any. I know that they have to be out there somewhere and, like a dork, I have no idea where to find them. I was thinking about doing a bit about the European workshops in India, their impact and the impact of the goods produced on Europe. I'd be open to other suggestions though. At this point anything would be helpful. Not sure if anyone can help since this is a pretty obscure subject but I thought I'd try.
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  • Re: Mughal India

    Thu, November 2, 2006 - 5:55 PM
    You may find this web page on 'The Synthesis of European and Mughal Art in the Emperor Akbar’s Khamsa of Nizami' helpful: www.asianart.com/articles/...ml#b_fig11 The article includes a bibliography that might provide further leads on the subject.

    The influence of European techniques on Mughal art is pretty well documented and quite clear (I've seen examples of perspective, modeling, etc. myself in the Binney collection of Mughal art here in San Diego) but I'm not sure I've ever seen anything discussing influence in the opposite direction. If you do find something regarding this, please post on it!

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