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7/24/2019 Ustad Mansur and Flora and Fauna
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Ustad Mansur /Flora and
Fauna
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Discus the importance of ora andfauna in mughal miniature painting?
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Earliest Reference to Mansur is found inthe dispersed miniatures of Baburnama
At Freer Galler of art! "ashington! andis dated bet#een $%&'(&%)
*aluable #or+ can be traced in thepainting of ,ahangir-s period)
.n earl phase his suriing #or+ are theillustrations of Baburnama dated $%&'($0'')
Mansur 1tarted his careeras a assistantcollaborator of 2anha! a leading painterof A+bar atelier)
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3ere Mansur has done coloring in thedra#ings made b 2anha)
4hough in cooperatie #or+s theindiidualit of painters is hard todi5erentiate But carful dra#ings and
thinl applied paint! but! seemespeciall characteristic of Mansur)
As such! #e hae to loo+ for some
other 6ner points in the painting tolocate Mansur! li+e the particularformation of bird ights! 4he
treatment of s+ and egetation!as ects #here Mansur is clearl
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3is special #a of handling them could betraced to his other independent #or+s as #ell)
Mansur in his earl phase also 7ollaborated#ith the master painters li+e Basa#an!Mas+in and 8anha on the manuscripts of ,ami(ul( 4a#ari+h and A+barnama)
.n thesejoint works Mansur #as onlassigned to color) B the end of A+bar periodhe #as successful to gained identi6cation as asolo painter in the illustrations of A+barnama)
After that he gained the title of USTAD) 4heterm Ustad #as an honori6c title denoting anindiidual-s e9cellence in his profession)
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Mansur had attained his reputation earlierthan $0$:! #hich can be incidental from his
signed ascription gien on theminiature;4ur+e 7oc+< in $0$=)
4he 4ur+e 7oc+ brought b Mu>arrab 2hanfrom Goa #as represented to ,ahangir in
$0$=) ,ahangir has con6dence in Mansur abilit for
e9actness in painting)
.n the follo#ing ear $0='#hen ,ahangirisited 2ashmir! Mansur #ho #as #ith him!had et another assignment to ful6ll to paintthe e9otic ora of the alle)
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4ur+e coc+
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4he 4ulip
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.n this #onderful throbbing age of hisaction! Mansur the great painter of naturalhistor! receied recognition of raree9cellence in ,ahangirs atelier)
,ahangirs gae him the title of 8adir(ul(Asr)
Mansur had undoubtedl attained such a
perfection and progress that his position asa portrait painter of birds and animals hadbecome supreme)
.n the art of dra#ing he #as uni>ue in hisgeneration according to the memories of
,ahangir)
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.n $0$&! ,ahangir ordered Mansur to paint theli+eness of the falcon brought as a gift from 1hahAbbass of @ersia)
.t can be generall obsered! a er plain bac+drop sho#ing a moing bac+ landscape merge #itha lo# and blurred horion of a at s+)
3e al#as achiees a total harmon bet#een the
bac+ ground treatment and a naturalisticforeground 6gures)
4he casual gro#th of o#ering plants or #eeds andshrubs or roc+ contours etc in the landscape is ustsatis6ed #ith coering the spaces in arious stles#ithout meaning much! but the create certainrhthms and moods that match the capturedmoment of the main obect of his painting)
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Main theme of the painting of Ustad Mansur!it coers the ma9imum space in the frame)
4he 6guresamaingl impose on the area ofthe frame #ith singular dignit)
4he domination of the main 6gure isachieed through minimiation of the other
details)
Mansur preference for subdued bac+groundin a harmonious blend thin color! results inrelating the natural surrounding #ith a main6gure and simultaneousl! producing reliefe5ect) E)g! falcon and Cebra)
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Falcon
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.n the bac+groundlandscape #ere treatedin horiontal and bold brush #hich create
contrast #ith minor details and delicate6ne lines of the main dra#ing) E)g! 8ilgai
4he handling of pigment #ith such greatfran+ness and boldness could be located
in Mansurs e9pression as earl as $0=')
8atural egetation proides depthandcontrol scale perspectiein animal
portrait) 4hecolor of the bac+ground are
monochrome #ith stlied plants)
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.n the miniatures the color laid in thebac+ground does not help to
distinguish the planes) .t is onl thegro#th of plants and ight of birds#hich suggests horiontal and
ertical planes) 4he distant birdat the far end sho#n
comparatiel smaller than in the
middle of the picture! to createdepth! #hich is the #esterninuence)
.n general! Mansur-s dra#ings e9hibit
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Mansur adopted for his bird and animalportraits the same contemporar norms
and conentions of human portraiture astrained in the Mughal atelier)
"ith isolated! single 6gure in pro6ledominating the #hole composition #ith a
casual landscape and at bac+ground) Mansur studies are concentrated on purel
obectie reproductions of the calml andclosel obsered birds and animals)
Animal dra#ings treated as still lifeportraits in the most realistic manner)
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During the entire period of his career ofthree decades $%&($0=! the miniatures
that are ascribed to him sho# his totaldeotion to painting of birds! animals ando#ers portraits #ith er minor shifts)
.n the e9ecution of the portrait he sho#ssuperb draughtsman ship! boldness andaccurac)
3is sole credit and greatest achieement
la in reproducing natural histor mostobectiel! incorporating in it the bestaesthetic >ualities of the Mughal art)