The decorative arts and
international influences were
deliberated on the second
day of the seminar on
Mughal art and culture
Farrokh Jijina
"Every cup and dagger is exquisitely wrought… yet we focus on the visual arts (painting and calligraphy),” according to Dr Kavita Singh, professor at the School of Arts and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, referring to the decorative arts of the Mughal period, the subject of the working sessions on the second day of the seminar on "The art and culture of Mughal India” at the K. R. Cama Oriental Institute on January 8, 2017. "It is an error... that we do not focus on this important product,” she rued.
"Whenever the Mughal sovereign would travel, for pleasure or on......