Early Mughal Painting

by Milo Cleveland Beach

Beach traces, with an abundance of captivating illustrations, the evolution of the Mughal style. While acknowledging the influence of Akbar the Great's interests and changing tastes, he shows that many of the new tendencies were evident during the short reign of Akbar's father, the Emperor Humayun, whose role as patron of the arts is thereby reassessed. Beach also stresses the traditionalism of the individual painters, who only gradually changed their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674729935
• ISBN13: 9780674729933
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"