Ars Erotica: "Visualizing" Sufism in Mughal Paintings and the Mystical Memoirs of Jahan Ara Begam (1614-81).
| Autor: | Bokhari, Afshan |
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| Zdroj: | Marg: A Magazine of the Arts; Mar2012, Vol. 63 Issue 3, p12-29, 18p |
| Abstrakt: | The article discusses the depiction of Sufism and sexual-spiritual Sufi practices in 16th-18th-century Mughal paintings as well as in the memoirs of 17th-century Mughal princess and Sufi mystic Jahan Ara Begam. The author discusses paintings commissioned by Mughal emperors Jahangir and Dara Shikoh and suggests that they used Sufi elements to project a powerful image. Specific topics include the artist Govardhan, homoeroticism and pederasty in Sufi paintings, and terrace paintings. |
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