COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1976.74
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CMA_.1976.74
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
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Object Type:
Paintings
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Paintings
Object Type
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Creator Nationality:
Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian
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Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian
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Creator Name-CRT:
Mughal, c. 1570
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Mughal, c. 1570
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Title:
Alm Shah Closing the Dam at Shishan Pass
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Alm Shah Closing the Dam at Shishan Pass
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
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Creation Date:
c. 1570
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c. 1570
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1560
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1560
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1580
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1580
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
color and gold on paper
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color and gold on paper
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Dimensions:
Image: 69cm x 52.2cm, Overall: 83.7cm x 67cm
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Image: 69cm x 52.2cm, Overall: 83.7cm x 67cm
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
1976.74
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1976.74
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Gift of George P. Bickford
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Gift of George P. Bickford
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
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Context:
The Dastan-i-Amir Hamza (Romance of Amir Hamza), popularly known as the Hamza Nama, is a text that deals in colorful terms with the many heroic adventures of Amir Hamza, a legendary uncle of the prophet Muhammad. Illustrating Hamza Nama, a favorite Islamic tale, was one of the main undertakings of the imperial studio set up by the greatest Mughal ruler, Akbar (ruled 1556-1605). Several Persian artists, along with artists working more in the native Indian tradition, contributed to this project. The text consisted of twelve volumes, each one numbering a hundred folios, and every folio was illustrated, as we learn from Akbar's biographer, Abul Fazl. The largest collections of pages from the Hamza Nama survive today in the Osterreichisches Museum fr Angewandten Kunst in Vienna (about sixty pages) and in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (twenty-five pages). The general style of painting in these pages is in the Persian miniature tradition, although the color, details of costume, and architecture areoften Indian. The tendency toward realism and the interest in the visual aspect of things, in which an attempt is made to place objects spatially, are Mughal inventions. They reflect the same characteristics expressed in the Mughal royal diaries, particularly the immense interest in firsthand observation of the surrounding world. S.C.
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The Dastan-i-Amir Hamza (Romance of Amir Hamza), popularly known as the Hamza Nama, is a text that deals in colorful terms with the many heroic adventures of Amir Hamza, a legendary uncle of the prophet Muhammad. Illustrating Hamza Nama, a favorite Islamic tale, was one of the main undertakings of the imperial studio set up by the greatest Mughal ruler, Akbar (ruled 1556-1605). Several Persian artists, along with artists working more in the native Indian tradition, contributed to this project. The text consisted of twelve volumes, each one numbering a hundred folios, and every folio was illustrated, as we learn from Akbar's biographer, Abul Fazl. The largest collections of pages from the Hamza Nama survive today in the Osterreichisches Museum fr Angewandten Kunst in Vienna (about sixty pages) and in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (twenty-five pages). The general style of painting in these pages is in the Persian miniature tradition, although the color, details of costume, and architecture areoften Indian. The tendency toward realism and the interest in the visual aspect of things, in which an attempt is made to place objects spatially, are Mughal inventions. They reflect the same characteristics expressed in the Mughal royal diaries, particularly the immense interest in firsthand observation of the surrounding world. S.C.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1976.74.tif
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CMA_.1976.74.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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