Indian Miniature Arts

The history of the Indian miniatures goes back to Persia After the conquest of Hindu India by the Muslim Persians, the workshops of the painters, weavers and architects were moved down over here, so they give birth to the art of Miniature Art paintings in Mughal style. Mughal Miniature painting is a individual style of Indian painting, it was published on the book and done in miniatures, and which developed and took shape during the period of the Mughal Empire (16th -19th centuries). Mughal paintings were a precious style of Indian, Persian and Islamic styles. Because the Mughal kings wanted visual proofs of their achievements as hunters and conquerors, their artists accompanied them on their army expeditions or missions of state, or recorded their prowess as animal slayers, or depicted them in the great dynastic ceremonies of marriages.

Miniature Painters used various substances for coloring their drawings, namely- minerals, vegetables, precious stones, indigo, conch shells, pure gold and silver.

Example of miniatures in the Mughal and Rajasthani styles exist from the 16th century on when there was an efflorensence of the art theme…. countryside, the hills and shrubs, the forts and gardens and dunes of the desert.

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