The great Mughals : art, architecture and opulence

Book

London : V & A Publishing, 2024.

©2024

304 pages : illustrations (color), maps (color) ; 30 cm

illustration map

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 Indian subcontinent.

Art, Mughal Empire -- Exhibitions.

Architecture, Mughal Empire -- Exhibitions.

Exhibition catalogs.

Essays.

Stronge, Susan, editor.

Victoria and Albert Museum, host institution.

V&A Publishing, publisher.

Director's foreword -- Preface / Susan Stronge -- Introduction / Rajeev Kinra -- The reign of Akbar (r. 1556-1605) Tje reign of Akbar: the creation of a new art / Susan Stronge -- The bronze and copper wares of Mughal Hindustan / Assadullah Souren Melikan-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 Melikan-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 Melikan-Chirvani -- Chinese porcelain in the Mughal treasury / Ricarda Brosch -- Portable monuments: the reproduction of Mughal architecture / Divia Patel -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Author biographies -- Acknowledgements - Picture credits -- Index.

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