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| '''Golconda painting''' refers to the school of miniature painting developed during the reign of the ]. It is itself a type of ], and closely related to other Deccan schools, such as Bijapur and Ahmednagar.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quraishi |first=Fatima |date=2015-05-26 |title=Games of Scale in a Golconda Painting - The Metropolitan Museum of Art |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/games-of-scale |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=www.metmuseum.org |language=en}}</ref> | '''Golconda painting''' refers to the school of miniature painting developed during the reign of the ]. It is itself a type of ], and closely related to other Deccan schools, such as Bijapur and Ahmednagar.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quraishi |first=Fatima |date=2015-05-26 |title=Games of Scale in a Golconda Painting - The Metropolitan Museum of Art |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/games-of-scale |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=www.metmuseum.org |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| === Abul Hasan Qutb Shah === | === Abul Hasan Qutb Shah === | ||
| ] | ]. Golconda, early 17th century Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin]] | ||
| ] states, "All the datable products of this school belong to the times of Sultan Abul- Hasan. There is, however, every reason to believe that this school originated under his predecessor ‘Abdullah, during whose reign Golconda art was strongly influenced by that of the Emperor Jahangir's and, to a less extent, that of Shah Jahan’s court." | ] states, "All the datable products of this school belong to the times of Sultan Abul- Hasan. There is, however, every reason to believe that this school originated under his predecessor ‘Abdullah, during whose reign Golconda art was strongly influenced by that of the Emperor Jahangir's and, to a less extent, that of Shah Jahan’s court." | ||
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| == References == | == References == | ||
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* {{Cite book |last=Zebrowski |first=Mark |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.25577 |title=Deccani painting |date=1983 |publisher=Sotheby Publications |isbn=9780520048782}} | ||
| * {{Cite book |last=Goetz |first=Hermann |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.85383 |title=Notes On A Collection Of Historical Portraits Form Golconda}} | * {{Cite book |last=Goetz |first=Hermann |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.85383 |title=Notes On A Collection Of Historical Portraits Form Golconda}} | ||
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Golconda painting refers to the school of miniature painting developed during the reign of the Golconda Sultanate. It is itself a type of Deccan painting, and closely related to other Deccan schools, such as Bijapur and Ahmednagar.
Characteristics
Artists from all over India and the Islamic world emigrated to Golconda, up until the Mughal conquest in 1687. Consequently, Golconda paintings are the most heterogenous among the styles of the Deccan sultanates.
A local character did develop inevitably—especially in the use of local pigments. Zebrowski characterizes Golconda paintings as having a "tense opulence that is quite different from the poignant romanticism of Bijapur or the refined dignity of Ahmadnagar portraiture."
History
Ibrahim Qutb Shah
Sultan Ibrahim is regarded as the first patron of miniature paintings among the Golconda sultans.
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
The fifth sultan of the dynasty, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, is regarded as an important patron of the arts. Most of the surviving paintings from this period are contained within a manuscript of the Kulliyat (collection) of the sultan's poetry, located in the Salar Jung Museum. This work is considered to be the sultan's own copy, owing to its rich illustration and illumination.
Four paintings of note are attributed to a Golconda artist, active in the early seventeenth century. A Prince Hawking is the most famous of these, deriving from Bijapur paintings such as Yogini.
Abdullah Qutb Shah
As Golconda turned into a Mughal protectorate, the paintings from the 1630s and onwards show a distinctive Mughal influence. Golconda portraitists started placing their subjects against an empty background, as was done in Mughal portraits.
Abul Hasan Qutb Shah
Hermann Goetz states, "All the datable products of this school belong to the times of Sultan Abul- Hasan. There is, however, every reason to believe that this school originated under his predecessor ‘Abdullah, during whose reign Golconda art was strongly influenced by that of the Emperor Jahangir's and, to a less extent, that of Shah Jahan’s court."
Mark Zebrowski posits that painters from Bijapur emigrated to Golconda in the middle of the seventeenth century, as can be seen from the influence of the Bijapur school in paintings of this period.
References
- Quraishi, Fatima (2015-05-26). "Games of Scale in a Golconda Painting - The Metropolitan Museum of Art". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- Zebrowski 1983, p. 159.
- Zebrowski 1983, p. 193.
- Zebrowski, Mark (1983). Deccani painting. Sotheby Publications. ISBN 9780520048782.
- Goetz, Hermann. Notes On A Collection Of Historical Portraits Form Golconda.