Mansur – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Sat, 06 Jul 2019 18:47:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg Mansur – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 Ustad Mansur- Emperor Jehangir’s Master Painter https://ranasafvi.com/ustad-mansur-emperor-jehangirs-master-painter/ https://ranasafvi.com/ustad-mansur-emperor-jehangirs-master-painter/#respond Tue, 28 Oct 2014 02:40:29 +0000 http://hazrat-e-dilli.com/?p=572 Emperor Jehangir was interested in nature and under him the laying of gardens, paintings of nature flourished.
The most famous of his painters was Mansur who was called  Ustad for his mastery and was  bestowed the title Nadir-ul-‘Asr (“Miracle of the Age”) by the Emperor.
Jehangir often took Mansur on his travels with him, to document the flora and fauna of the area.
Jahangir’s memoirs state that during a trip into the Kashmir Valley Mansur painted over 100 flowers. Only one flower painting is found which is signed by him.

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His paintings of birds and animals are also often unsigned, but his skill is always unmistakable, and Jahangir’s praise often helps to identify the artist.
Mansur painted the first turkey which entered India as a gift.
But his most important painting is that of the dodo an extinct bird. He made the painting from looking at the actual bird.


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