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