#mughalGardens #charbagh #persia #jaipur #alberthallmuseum #carpet – 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 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 05:05:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg #mughalGardens #charbagh #persia #jaipur #alberthallmuseum #carpet – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 The charbagh carpet in Jaipur’s Albert Hall museum https://ranasafvi.com/the-charbagh-carpet-in-jaipurs-albert-hall-museum/ https://ranasafvi.com/the-charbagh-carpet-in-jaipurs-albert-hall-museum/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2023 05:05:05 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=38329

The Char bagh is a quadrilateral garden divided into parts by water channels
The first to be built on this pattern is Pasargadae built for Cyrus (or Cambyses)the Great’s palace garden at Pasargadae 550 BC
Today a @UNESCO site near Shiraz
Concept was brought into India by Babur.
This carpet in Jaipur’s Albert Hall is made on the charbagh scheme.
One of the hallmarks of charbagh garden intro in India by Babur, is the 4-part garden laid out with axial paths that intersect at garden’s centre.
There are two bisecting central water channels, reflecting the four rivers that flow in Jannat.

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]]> https://ranasafvi.com/the-charbagh-carpet-in-jaipurs-albert-hall-museum/feed/ 0 38329 “Shah Jahan on a Terrace, painted by Chitarman- Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait”, Folio from the Shah Jahan Album,recto: 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50 ~ Met Museum https://ranasafvi.com/shah-jahan-on-a-terrace-painted-by-chitarman-holding-a-pendant-set-with-his-portrait-folio-from-the-shah-jahan-albumrecto-1627-28-verso-ca-1530-50-met-museum/ Tue, 26 Mar 2019 01:07:54 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/shah-jahan-on-a-terrace-painted-by-chitarman-holding-a-pendant-set-with-his-portrait-folio-from-the-shah-jahan-albumrecto-1627-28-verso-ca-1530-50-met-museum/

Gallery Text :

The presentation of the emperor amplifies the formula evolved during the reigns of Akbar and Jahangir. Shah Jahan is exquisitely dressed and richly adorned with jewels, his imperial rank emphasized by his radiating halo and the hovering angels borrowed from European art. The skills of many craftsmen and designers of the Mughal court—jewelers, weavers, architects, feather workers, armorers, stonecutters, and others—are represented here. This is Chitarman’s earliest dated picture, painted soon after Shah Jahan’s accession.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451270

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