Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (r. 1719–48) holding a falcon, 1764. Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Mughal, probably Lucknow. Opaque watercolor with gold on ...
KABUL (Reuters) - An exhibition that reproduces the precious treasures of Mughal art in their original setting in Kabul's Babur Garden opened this weekend, bringing a rare moment of cultural relief to ...
With our free press under threat and federal funding for public media gone, your support matters more than ever. Help keep the LAist newsroom strong, become a monthly member or increase your support ...
Emeralds and empires, rubies and royalty, pearls and power. In the early 16th century, Muslim invaders from the West swept into Hindu India and established a dynasty that lasted into the mid-19th ...
An exhibition showcasing over 100 pieces of art, including jewellery, weaponry and fragments of architectural history from the Mughal court, opened in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The Mughals were a Muslim ...
For centuries in the Islamic world, books have been treasured as precious objects worthy of royal admiration. This was especially true for India’s Mughal emperors, who reigned over a vast and wealthy ...
If the Cleveland Museum of Art’s newest centennial exhibition doesn’t resonate with viewers, it won’t be because Sonya Rhie Quintanilla didn’t give it everything she had. Along with leading the charge ...
Shah Jahan's Priceless Tresure: We all know Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who commissioned the Taj Mahal. We read about him in our school textbooks. We know how much he loved his wife Mumtaz Mahal. But ...
There has recently been a resurgence of insisting on regarding imperial history and colonization as forces for good and positive exchange in response to calls for decolonization. An accompanying ...
Mughal chronicles: words, images and the gaps in-between / Kavita Singh -- Preliminary thoughts on portraits of Mughal women in illustrated histories: Mahim Anaga and Hamida Banu / Mika Natif -- A ...
What explains the art market? How can we make sense of rich and powerful people spending so much surplus cash on small, portable things endowed with intangible values that even art critics struggle to ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback