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Pal School
- Lonely human figures found
- Mainly manuscript paintings
- Initially done on palm leaf, later on paper
- Theme Buddhist and Hinduism
- Nature representation banana and coconut tree
Apabransha School
- Mewar and Gujarat region
- Theme Jain and Vaishnav
- Characteristics
- Bulgin eyes
- Pointed nose
- Double chin
- Use of bright and gold colours
- Figures are stiff
- Animals and birds are represented as toys
Mughal Paintings
- Indian, Persian and European influence
- Mostly or generally miniature paintings
- Use of brilliant colours
- Accuracy in line drawing
- Ornamentation
- Variety of themes
- Use of forsightening technique
Babur
- No time for painting
- Patronized a Persian painter Bihzad
Humayun
- He brought 2 Persian painters
- Abdus sammad
- Mir sayyed Ali
- So Persian influence is there
Akbar
Jahangir
- Mughal period reached at its climax
- Jahangir was naturalist-preferred paintings on the theme of birds, animals and other elements of nature like flowers
- Portrait painting started
- Decorated margins
- He had his workshop too
- Famous painter Ustad Mansoor
- Famous paintings zebra, Turkey, maulaana do pyaaza
Shahjahan
- Too much use of gold, silver and bright colours
- Reduced liveliness
- Artificial look
- This unnatural look suggests European influence
- Pencil drawing/sketching started
Aurangzeb
- Discouraged paintings
- Dispersal of artists from Mughal court
- Hence the concept of regional school started