The Brush of Insight: Artists and Agency at the Mughal Court - Tapa dura

Rice, Yael

 
9780295751092: The Brush of Insight: Artists and Agency at the Mughal Court
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ISBN 10: 0295751096 ISBN 13: 9780295751092
Editorial: University of Washington Press, 2023

Sinopsis

Sheds light on the art and artists that gave material form to Mughal imperial visionOver the course of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, Mughal court painters evolved from illustrators of manuscripts and albums to active mediators of imperial visionary experience, cultivating their patrons’ earthly and spiritual authority. Featuring over 80 color illustrations, The Brush of Insight traces this shift, demonstrating how royal artists created a new visual economy that featured highly naturalistic royal portraits and depictions of the emperors’ dreams. These images, in turn, shaped the perception of the Mughal emperors’ preeminence in all domains―temporal and spiritual―from the reign of Akbar to that of his son and successor, Jahangir. In analyzing a wide range of visual materials including manuscripts, albums, and coins, art historian Yael Rice documents how manuscript painters and paintings challenged the status of writing as the primary medium for the transmission of knowledge and experience. With compelling material and original arguments, The Brush of Insight probes how pictures and illustrated books became central to imperial modes of seeing and being in early modern Mughal South Asia.

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Yael Rice is associate professor of the history of art and Asian languages and civilizations at Amherst College. She received her PhD in history of art from the University of Pennsylvania in 2011. This is her first book.

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Editorial
University of Washington Press
Año de publicación
2023
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0295751096
ISBN 13 
9780295751092
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Número de páginas
272
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