Baburnama

Category
LITERATURE - MAJOR WORKS

Language
INDIAN

Babur is at the centre of most scenes shown. As far as known, no contemporary images of him survive, but from whatever sources they had Akbar's artists devised a fairly consistent representation of him, "with a roundish face and droopy moustache", wearing a Central Asian style of turban and a short-sleeved coat over a robe with long sleeves.[6] Coming from a period after Akbar's workshop had developed their new style of Mughal painting, the illustrated Baburnamas show developments such as landscape views with a recession, influenced by Western art seen at court.[7] Generally the scenes are less crowded than in earlier miniatures of "historical" scenes.

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