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This illustrated talk will describe the beginning
of Mughal miniature painting
in the city under the Emperor Akbar and its progress under Jahangir
and
Shah Jahan. This was followed by a slow decline as patronage was
withdrawn
under Aurangzeb in the second half of the 17th century.
In the 17th and 18th centuries few artists, trained in the Mughal
court
studios, migrated to the courts of Rajput rulers of the Western
Himalayan
kingdoms. This led to the birth of the Kangra school which became
dominant
in the Hills. Following the annexation of those Rajput states by
the Sikh ruler
Ranjit Singh, artists from the Hills came down to work at his capital
in Lahore.
When Rudyard Kipling's father, Lockwood became Principal of the
Lahore
School of Art he found descendants of both Mughal and Pahari painters,
who handed down their knowledge of miniature painting techniques
into
the 20th century and provided continuity between earlier traditions
and
Pakistani painting today.
Robert Skelton OBE is the former Keeper of Indian and South East
Asian
Art at the V&A.
Westminster residents, students,
academics FREE
Asia House Members and concs £4,
Non-members £7
(Booking essential)
Tickets available from Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street,
London W1G 7LP Tel: 020 7307 5454
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