Calligraphy is the art of forming lovely symbol with the swift movements of our hands. In this painting, Kailash Raj breaks the religious barriers to create a sophisticated yet astoundingly beautiful Arabic calligraphy. The splendid chirography is...

Calligraphy is the art of forming lovely symbol with the swift movements of our hands. In this painting, Kailash Raj breaks the religious barriers to create a sophisticated yet astoundingly beautiful Arabic calligraphy. The splendid chirography is gorgeously etched with charcoal black paint over the thick paper canvas. A vibrant mihrab arches over the sheet, being blessed with amazing colors that twitch into lovely patterns and motifs which are filled with breathtaking royal blue and baby pink hues to please the spectators' vision.Encapsulating all the distinct details, the calligraphy takes shape of a musical harp as it embellishes itself with the Arabic melody, written to recall the Muslim God, Allah and their last Prophet Muhammad (SAWW). The elegant lines extend in symmetry with henna like designs and diacritics symbols that are complimented with the distinguished brush strokes, caressing the surface with bewitchment of the superficial and fantabulous handwriting.It takes the onlookers on a journey of discovering the hidden truth behind the remarkably carved language that seems outlandish to them. It turns out to be a perfect match for your living room walls as it hangs over gracefully, contrasting with achromatic neutral colors and enhancing the beauty of your house as well as your soul, along with the continuous shower of blessings and bounties for the owner.

Specifications:
Water Color Painting On Paper
Artist: Kailash Raj
9.3 inch x 6.9 inch

Mughal Painting
The Mughal school of painting runs parallel to the Mughal dynasty. It came into prominence in the sixteenth century, during the reign of king Akbar. It reached its zenith under the patronage of Akbar’s grandson – king Jahangir. The reign of the latter’s successor king Shah Jahan saw its decline and finally under the unsympathetic Aurangzeb it breathed its last. Indeed, as a school of art, the duration of Mughal painting was a limited one, extending only over approximately two and a half centuries. Actually, it has often been referred to as not exactly a school, but rather an exceptionally brilliant phase in Indian art.
The roots of Mughal painting lay in Samarkand and Herat, where under the patronage of the Timurid kings, Persian art reached its apogee. Babur, a descendant of Timur, and the founder of the Mughal dynasty, speaks of a person named ‘Bihzad’ as ‘a most eminent painter’. It was with the descendants of Bihzad and the deep personal interest taken by Akbar, the grandson of king Babur, that the Mughal school of art started off with a flourish.
Regarding the aesthetics of Mughal painting, one exceptional feature is its commitment to realism or the delineation of likeness. The subjects were majorly drawn from the extremely rich and magnificent court life under the Mughals. That this was a flourishing art during Akbar’s reign is borne out by the list of more than forty painters found in a book written during his era.
However, it was under Akbar’s son Jehangir that Mughal painting gained its highest peaks. Not only portraits and hunting scenes, but also scientific studies of botany and natural history found favor with the artists under the king’s support. The Mughal painters were asked to paint unusual specimens of flora and fauna in their exact likeness. Some of these skilfully painted pictures have survived till today, narrating to us the uniqueness of those rich times.
Under the reign of Shajahan, son of Jahangir, the Mughal school of painting entered its decline. The actual treatment of the subject matter is replaced with more decorative embellishments like rich flowery borders etc. Under Shahjahan architecture scaled new peaks (Taj Mahal etc.), but painting deteriorated. Finally, with the rise of Aurangzeb, Mughal painting breathed its last.