Negotiating Religion in Mughal Painting. Interpretations and Translations of Christian Marian Images

Saviello, Alberto (2022). Negotiating Religion in Mughal Painting. Interpretations and Translations of Christian Marian Images (In Press). The journal of transcultural studies Heidelberg University Publishing

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The Mughal Emperor Akbar and his court are known for a tolerant religious policy and a general openness to the various religions of the empire. Akbar and his son and successor, Jahangir, moreover cultivated an intense interest in European art, especially religious images. The article argues that, in engaging with European Christian art, the painters of the Mughal court reflected on its significance as a medium of religious content and critically implemented these reflections in their own works. The Mughal artists’ receptions and reinterpretations of the European Christian pictorial tradition thus represent a transreligious pictorial discourse, one that paralleled the religious debates held at the court.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Art History > Recent and Modern Art History 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Art History
UniBE Contributor:	Saviello, Alberto
Subjects:	200 Religion > 210 Philosophy & theory of religion 200 Religion > 290 Other religions 700 Arts 700 Arts > 750 Painting 700 Arts > 760 Graphic arts
ISSN:	2191-6411
Publisher:	Heidelberg University Publishing
Language:	English
Submitter:	Alberto Saviello
Date Deposited:	13 Dec 2022 15:35
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2022 16:25
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/175789