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Deccani Kalams (Editorial)
| Title: | Deccani Kalams (Editorial) | | Author: | Anand, Mulk Raj | | Publication: | Marg | | Enumeration: | Vol. 16 Issue no. 2; March 1963, p. 2-6 | | Abstract: | Deccani painting which was an amalgum of indigenous materials with Persian influence -- long before the court painters of Shah Tahmasp were brought in by the Mughals -- is seen in the paintings of the Deccan Sultanates of Ahmadnagar, Bijapur, and Golconda, and the later Hyderabad school and its allied kalams. The paintings of Ahmadnagar include an eulogical poem for Hussain Nizam Shah I called Tarif-i-Hussain Shahi, Hindola Raga, and a portrait of Burhan Nizam Shah II. The Bijapur paintings examined are the Nujum-al-Ulum (Stars of Sciences, c. 1570), a ragini in the Bikaner Collection, and later portraits with an increasing influence of the Mughal kalam. The important Golconda paintings are "Lady with Myna Bird" (early 17th century), and portraits. After Aurangzeb's conquests (c. 1687-88), the tradition of the Sultanates was broken, only to survive in the later Hyderabad school (and allied kalams). In the post-Aurangzeb period, there was an upsurge of painting, and the indigenous Hindu interest in sadhus, fakirs, and women began to appear. The ragini pictures of 1725-50 reproduce the inner substratum of Deccani life. Source of Abstract: Provided by Publisher | | Tools: |
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