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The Arts of the Indian Mughals with Tiago Neiva

The Arts of the Indian Mughals with Tiago Neiva


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Between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, three Islamic dynasties–the Ottomans, the Safavids, and the Mughals–established themselves in three particular areas of Asia. Bordering each other, their domains covered, at their peak, a continuous territory ranging from Morocco to South India. These included geographies and cultures such as the Balkans, Maghreb, the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. They became the origin of three future modern nations: Turkey, Iran, and India.

Known as the three Islamic Gunpowder Empires, due to the profuse (and very innovative) strategic use of firearms on the battlefield, their political, economic, and military relevance placed them at the level of the most powerful Western nations. From the perspective of Islamic history, they became part of the second political and cultural flowering of the Islamic world, after the hegemony (and subsequent decay) of the Islamic Golden Age, in the medieval period.

Led by an expert on Islamic architecture and art history, Tiago Miranda Neiva, this seminar will explore the artistic achievements of Mughal architecture, highlighting the city of Fatehpur Sikri, the Agra Red Fortress, and the Taj-Mahal. We will also explore the decorative arts such as ceramics, the arts of the book, textiles, and the Mughal painting school.

Designed to inform curiosity as well as future travels, participants will come away with an increased knowledge of the early modern Islamic Art, in particular, the cultural, architectural, and artistic achievements of the Indian Mughal Empire. In a parallel session, there will be a seminar exploring their political, religious, economic, and social dimensions.

This conversation is part of a six-part series on the Gunpowder Empires with Tiago Miranda Neiva. Each session is designed as a stand-alone seminar as well as part of a six-part series.

Tiago Miranda Neiva was born and raised in Lisbon. He studied architecture in Rome and worked later in distinct offices in Portugal and Spain. For several years he was Professor of Arts and Art History, having a Master's degree in Teaching of Visual Arts. He is currently working towards a PhD focused on the Art and Architecture of al-Andalus: the confluence between the Arab, Jewish and Christian medieval world. In recent years he has been working as a tour guide in his hometown, seeking to show and reveal its most intimate secrets through an authentic and passionate local vision.

This conversation is suitable for all ages.

90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.

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Mary S (New York, US)
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Tiego is such a great presenter - his overview of the Mughals, along with the previous Ottoman and Persian ones, were so much fun and so extensive. His enthusiasm is contagious which makes all the insights and connections he makes even more rewarding to learn about.

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Tina Lundberg (Etterbeek, BE)
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The last of six seminars in a highly enjoyable series about the “gunpowder empires” presented by Tiago Neiva in an entousiastic and pedagogical way. The fact that they were analyzed and compared between them was a huge added value, repetition being the mother of all learning!

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Mary S (New York, US)
Insights with Enthusiastic Expert

Tiego is such a great presenter - his overview of the Mughals, along with the previous Ottoman and Persian ones, were so much fun and so extensive. His enthusiasm is contagious which makes all the insights and connections he makes even more rewarding to learn about.

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Tina Lundberg (Etterbeek, BE)
The most refined of the refined

The last of six seminars in a highly enjoyable series about the “gunpowder empires” presented by Tiago Neiva in an entousiastic and pedagogical way. The fact that they were analyzed and compared between them was a huge added value, repetition being the mother of all learning!