Border Beauty Mughal Journal

Border Beauty is a reproduction that depicts the Mughal art of India. Opaque watercolors, gouache and gold, colors with skillful contrast and textures bring this piece of art to life. Beautifully ornate, an Indian woman seated on a charpoy in a landscape is surrounded by three concentric floral borders. A single woman surrounded by flowers became a common genre in Mughal art during emperor Shah Jahan's reign. Before this, a solitary woman was seldom the focus of a painting. Floral designs, ...