1980s Illustrated Quarto Size Book, Asok Kumar Das's Splendour of Mughal Painting

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Title: Splendour of Mughal Painting.
Author: Dr. Asok Kumar Das.
Publisher: Vakils, Feffer & Simons Limited.
Origin: Bombay, India.
Publication … more Title: Splendour of Mughal Painting.
Author: Dr. Asok Kumar Das.
Publisher: Vakils, Feffer & Simons Limited.
Origin: Bombay, India.
Publication date: Copyright 1986.

Description: 52 p. Qto. Publisher's marigold cloth hard cover, gold gilt title stamped on spine/front cover, glossy graphic color illustrated dust jacket, text illustrated with 16 full color plates.

Measures: .75 W x 8.75 D x 12 H inches.

About the work: This volume presents an introduction to Mughal painting. Mughal painting is a style of South Asian painting, generally confined to small sized format works either as book illustrations or as single works to be kept in albums, which emerged from Persian miniature painting, with Indian Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist influences, and developed during the period of the Mughal Empire (16th -19th centuries). Mughal painting was rich in variety and included portraits, events and scenes from court life, wild life and hunting scenes, and illustrations of battles. This work contains 16 color plates accompanied by the author's commentary on the artist, the work, and the circumstances under which it was created. less