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Miniature From a Western Perspective
It is ironic that the name miniature painting assigned to the art form that took root and evolved on subcontinental soils was assigned by the British invaders, while its real name has been forgotten. ... The name comes fromm the word ‘minium’ meaning red lead, used in the western miniature paintings . ... Subcontinental art critics swayed by this importance given to the single vanishing point perspective shceme used by Eurpoean painters after th European Renaissance, accept this as a weakness of Indian painting, and some have sought to classify Mughal paintings as superior because they were able to find hints of Western influence in some of the Mughal miniatures. ...
In recent years the sheer decorative brilliance and luminescenct colour of some of the miniatures has won over converts in both western critics and collectors alike. ... During the reing of Akber in the second half of the 16th Century a lot of the paintings produced refelceted a subtly incorprorated Western influence. ... However the European artistic influence was very subtle during the reign of Akber, Jehangir and even Shah Jehans age.
In a number of Mughal paintings one can recognize id not a precise European painiting atleast indications of a western school, sometimes it is that of a A. ... Later there is Baroque influence as in fleecy clouds and turquoise skys or grandiose forms. In some cassees the whoel original of the Western painting is recognizable. Perhaps you should have a puicture to accompany this fact
With the western influence there was a an increase in the use of shadows, the introduction of chiaroscuro (shading), clouds in the sky, sharing of nature in the drama of painted features, a different treatment of landscape, a naturalist imagery, an anatomical study of human portraitsa and above all , perspective not only from a single focal point.
Approximate Word count = 1466
Approximate Pages = 5.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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