#mughalpainting #akbar #humayun #mughal – 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 07:09:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg #mughalpainting #akbar #humayun #mughal – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 Three elements in Mughal Paintings https://ranasafvi.com/three-elements-in-mughal-paintings/ https://ranasafvi.com/three-elements-in-mughal-paintings/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2023 07:09:51 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=38385

If you study #MughalPainting carefully you will find three elements in it
1. Khatt or Calligraphy
2. Tasweer ( painting / illustration)
3. Haashiya or border

Folio from #GulshanAlbum in Freer – Elephant and trainer;
Attributed Farrukh Chela ( artist) Mir ‘Ali ( calligrapher)

The Mughal emperor Jahangir was keenly interested in genre episodes and scenes rendered with naturalism. This painting of a mahout training his elephant was inserted into an album made for Jahangir and is attributed to the court artist Farrukh.
From #FreerGallery site
#museums #Mughalart

]]> https://ranasafvi.com/three-elements-in-mughal-paintings/feed/ 0 38385 “The Elephant Clock”, Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari,dated A.H. 715/A.D. 1315 Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif https://ranasafvi.com/the-elephant-clock-folio-from-a-book-of-the-knowledge-of-ingenious-mechanical-devices-by-al-jazaridated-a-h-715-a-d-1315-farrukh-ibn-abd-al-latif-2/ Tue, 26 Mar 2019 03:21:40 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=12743

Gallery Text :

This page comes from a treatise on fantastic devices invented by the author al‑Jazari. His elephant clock was especially intricate: every half hour, the bird on the dome whistled; the man below dropped a ball into the dragon’s mouth; and the driver hit the elephant with his goad. While illustrated manuscripts were growing increasingly popular at the time, this folio is a rare survival from Syria, where few such manuscripts are known from this date.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451402

]]> 12743 “The Elephant Clock”, Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari,dated A.H. 715/A.D. 1315 Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif https://ranasafvi.com/the-elephant-clock-folio-from-a-book-of-the-knowledge-of-ingenious-mechanical-devices-by-al-jazaridated-a-h-715-a-d-1315-farrukh-ibn-abd-al-latif/ Tue, 26 Mar 2019 03:20:08 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/the-elephant-clock-folio-from-a-book-of-the-knowledge-of-ingenious-mechanical-devices-by-al-jazaridated-a-h-715-a-d-1315-farrukh-ibn-abd-al-latif/

Gallery Text :

This page comes from a treatise on fantastic devices invented by the author al‑Jazari. His elephant clock was especially intricate: every half hour, the bird on the dome whistled; the man below dropped a ball into the dragon’s mouth; and the driver hit the elephant with his goad. While illustrated manuscripts were growing increasingly popular at the time, this folio is a rare survival from Syria, where few such manuscripts are known from this date.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451402

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