The Jesuits and the Grand Mogul: Renaissance Art at the Imperial Court of India, 1580–1630

Title: The Jesuits and the Grand Mogul: Renaissance Art at the Imperial Court of India, 1580–1630
Author List: Gauvin Alexander Bailey
Publisher: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Publication Date: 1998
Publication Type: book
Format: print (softcover)
Pages: 53
ISBN: 9781199600028
Collection Area(s): South Asian and Himalayan Art
The Jesuits and the Grand Mogul book cover
Description:

Paintings, books, and objects show the blending of Eastern and Western (particularly Jesuit) artistic styles resulting from the presence of early Catholic missions in Asia, after Vasco’s da Gama’s 1498 discovery of the sea route to the Indian Ocean. Published to accompany an exhibition of the same name held at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Sept. 27, 1998–Apr. 4, 1999.