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Painting: The Ni'mat nama: A Landmark in Malwa Painting
| Title: | Painting: The Ni'mat nama: A Landmark in Malwa Painting | | Author: | Skelton, Robert | | Publication: | Marg | | Enumeration: | Vol. 12 Issue no. 3; June 1959, p. 44-50 | | Abstract: | The paintings of the Ni'matnama (book of delicacies) manuscript in the India Office library are by two Indian artists, one of whom was probably recruited from a Jaina artist family at Mandu and subjected to the Persian style, while the other may also have received training from a Persian master. The miniatures reproduce certain Persian conventions from the late 15th-century Turkoman style practised at Shiraz in western Persia, and are therefore datable to the first decade of the 16th century, i.e., the reign of Nasir-al-din Khalji. The paintings also show Indian elements, particularly in the depiction of human figures. The text of the Ni'matnama contains a series of recipes and prescriptions. Source of Abstract: Provided by Publisher | | Tools: |
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