Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c11.43

c11.43

The drawing of a wounded lion, a fragment of a hunting-scene of the same school and period, recalls the vigour and truth of the ancient sculptures of Nineveh. These, however, do not strictly belong to the Mogul art of India, though they indicate one of the sources of its inspiration. It was not until the time of Akbar and of his son Jahangir, that the Mogul court painters of India began to make an effort to shake off the stiffness and formality of the old Persian school and to draw fresh inspiration from the study of Nature which the Muhammadan law, as interpreted by the Caliphs, had denied them.