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Make an estimate of the development of paintings under Mughal rulers with special reference to colours, technique, themes and influences on them.

  • UPSC 2020
  • Culture during Mughal Empire

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Mughal painting's development across roughly a century and a half, from Humayun's exile in Persia to Aurangzeb's withdrawal of patronage, is best measured not as a single rising or falling curve but as a series of recalibrations along four axes — colour, technique, theme, and influence — that moved together with each reign.

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  • Colours: From Bold Manuscript Palette to Muted Naturalism
  • Technique: The Atelier's Division of Labour and Material Craft
  • Themes: From Narrative Epic to Portrait to Formal Durbar
  • Influences: Persian Origin, Indian Sensibility, European Overlay
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