US capital begins 'Celebration of India' with peep into Mughal era
Washington: An exhibition of Mughal era paintings opening a window into the world of the emperors of yore commences a two-year "Celebration of India" at Washington's National Mall.
Starting with an annual fund-raising gala of two American art institutions Wednesday, the exhibition "Muraqqa: Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin" displaying India's rich artistic and cultural legacy runs from May 3 to Aug 3.
Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery's "Inspired by India" programming continues with another exhibition "Garden and Cosmos:
The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur," from Oct 11 besides India-related performances, films, lectures and gallery talks.
The exhibition displays 86 masterpieces and calligraphy from the renowned Muraqqa collection, commissioned by Emperors Jahangir (1605-1627) and Shah Jahan (1627-1658) for display in lavish imperial albums. It also includes masterworks from the Freer Gallery's famed collection of Mughal paintings.
These albums, called muraqqa or scrapbook in Persian, illustrate the relaxed private life of the imperial family, as well as Sufi saints and mystics, allies and courtiers, and natural history subjects during the Mughal rule from the 16th through the 19th centuries.
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