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Faces of God: Images of Devotion in Indo-Muslim Painting, 1500-1800

Faces of God: Images of Devotion in Indo-Muslim Painting, 1500-1800

Hardcover

IslamGeneral Art

ISBN10: 9004548831
ISBN13: 9789004548831
Publisher: Brill
Published: Aug 30 2023
Pages: 378
Weight: 1.63
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Islamic art is often misrepresented as an iconophobic tradition. As a result of this assumption, the polyvalence of figural artworks made for South Asian Muslim audiences has remained hidden in plain view.
This book situates manuscript illustrations and album paintings within cultures of devotion and ritual shaped by Islamic intellectual and religious histories. Central to this story are the Mughal siblings, Jahanara Begum and Dara Shikoh, and their Sufi guide Mulla Shah.
Through detailed art historical analysis supported by new translations, this study contextualizes artworks made for Indo-Muslim patrons by putting them into direct dialogue with written testimonies.

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