| Abstract: | The 14 paintings illustrating the panegyric to Hussain Nizam Shah I of Ahmadnagar show an exquisite handling of foliage, figure, and background which inspired artists in the neighbouring courts of Bijapur and Golconda as well. The treatment of female figures is reminiscent of Hindu and Jaina painting, as it survived in the wall paintings of south India. Other Ahmadnagar paintings noticed are Hindola Raga (which synthesises Persian, Hindu, and Mughal influences), pictures of Burhan Nizam Shah II (which derives most of its characterization from the portraiture practised in Fatehpur Sikri), and Murtaza II (the technique used in this portrait later spread to Golconda). It was Ahmadnagar which established the idom of portraying the court life of the somewhat decadent but cultivated princes who were trying to emulate the central Mughal court. Source of Abstract: Provided by Publisher |
