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The musical mode āsāvarī, Deccani-school painting, Hyderābād, India, mid-18th century; in a private collection
The musical mode āsāvarī, Deccani-school painting, Hyderābād, India, mid-18th century; in a private collection

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Deccani painting, style of miniature painting that flourished from the late 16th century among the Deccani sultanates in peninsular India. The style is a sensitive, highly integrated blend of indigenous and foreign art forms. The elongated figures are seemingly related to Vijayanagar wall paintings, while the floral-sprigged backgrounds, high horizons, and general use of landscape show Persian influence. Deccani colours are rich and luminous, and much use is made of gold and white. The earliest dated manuscript, the Nujūm-ul-ʿulūm of 1570 (“The Stars of the Sciences”; now in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin), appears to be a product of Bijāpur, ...(100 of 206 words)

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