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Mughal miniatures were small (many not more than a few square inches), brightly colored, and highly detailed paintings mostly used to illustrate manuscripts and art books. Despite their tiny sizes, they are incredibly precise, with some lines painted using brushes composed of a single hair.
Mughal painting is a South Asian style of painting on paper confined to miniatures either as book illustrations or as single works to be kept in albums (muraqqa), originating from the territory of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent.
Mughal painting, style of painting, confined mainly to book illustration and the production of individual miniatures, that evolved in India during the reigns of the Mughal emperors (16th–18th century).
Important Mughal Miniature Paintings and Subjects. The richness of the Mughal miniature painting tradition is best expressed in several surviving examples that are widely recognized as some of the most impressive works to emerge from the tradition. Let’s take a closer look at these gems: (Akbar) Hamzanama
These paintings termed ‘Sub Imperial’ or ‘Provincial Mughal’ by scholars featured elements derived from contemporary Mughal style, but could not match the quality and finish of the imperial...
Both these paintings, disparate as they are, represent the apogee of Mughal manuscript painting—a major tradition of miniature painting in the history of South Asia and the wider Islamic world.
Mughal painting is the style of miniature painting that developed in the northern Indian subcontinent in the sixteenth century and continued till the mid–nineteenth century. It is known for its sophisticated techniques and diverse range of subjects and themes.