The Visual World of Muslim India: The Art, Culture and Society of the Deccan in the Early Modern Era

ISBN-13: 9781848857469 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 400 str.

Laura E Parodi

Opis

Between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries, the Deccan stood at the crossroads of far-reaching commercial and diplomatic networks. It ranged from Arabia and Iran to East Asia and, increasingly, fell within the orbit of European colonial expansion. This resulted in an immensely rich visual culture in the region, shaped further by the dynamic encounters between the different versions of Islam patronized by the ruling dynasties of the period, and diverse local linguistic, religious and artistic traditions. This new book is the first richly illustrated and comprehensive exploration of the art of the late medieval and early modern Deccan. It explores the ways in which court art, artifacts and built environments were created and experienced, the reasons behind their creation, and the other agencies involved besides and beyond the court. This will be an invaluable resource for all interested in the visual culture of the Islamic world.

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Foreword - Richard M. Eaton Introduction: The Deccan as a Laboratory for the Study of Early Modern Visual Culture PART I: EXPLORING URBAN LANDSCAPES FROM THE FUNCTIONAL TO THE SYMBOLIC The Circular Cities of the Deccan - Marika Sandar Golconda’s Mosques and Tombs: Distribution, Chronology and Meaning - Robert A. Simpkins Recreating Islam in the Seventeenth-Century Deccan - Mark Brand PART II: PEOPLE’S BELIEFS IN THE MIRROR OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE ARTS Sculpted Representations of Muslims and Bahmani Architectural Influence at Vijayanagara - George Michell The Great Mosque at Gulbarga Reinterpreted as the Hazar Sutun of Firuz Shah Bahmani - Helen Philon Deccani Guns: Features and Ornamentalism - Klaus Rötzer The Fighting on the Wall: Animal Symbolism in the Deccan in a Eurasian Perspective - Gijs Kruijtzer PART III: COURT ART POLIICIES: COSMOPOLITANISM, DIPLOMACY AND THE VISUAL Variations on a Persian Theme: Persianate Painting at the Court of Golconda - Laura Weinstein A Dutch Artist in Biajapur - Deborah Hutton and Rebecca Tucker Vida de Jacques de Coutre: A Flemish Account of Bijapuri Visual Culture in the Shadow of Mughal Felicity - Keelan Overton PART IV: BEYOND THE COURT: MARKET COMMODITIES AND POPULAR DEVOTION AS REFLECTED IN THE ARTS East and West: The Deccan and the Outside World - John Carswell Bidri Ware and the New Mughal Order - Laura Parodi Gulshan-i ‘Ishq: Illustrations of a Sufi Romance of the Deccan - Navina Haidar Sacred Spaces and Objects of Popular Muslim Devotion, Practices and Festivals - Omar Khalidi Conclusion