by Basawan
Akbar Period
Late 16th century AD
Under Akbar the second generation of artists emerged after the period of Mir Sayyid'Ali. Many of these artists were Hindu who brought the Hindu aesthetics and merged with the idioms of Persian miniature paintings. As in other aspects of culture, the Mughal artists reflected a fusion of Hindu and Islamic cultures.
This is one of the finest paintings by Basawan. He has taken a sufi theme of the foolish dervish busy in sewing his robe, and placed it in indian setting. The Pipal tree, the suckling kid and the goat, the peacock, the slanted 'chajjhha' of the building are all elements of indian art.
The theme is typically Islamic The Dervish is lost in repairing his robe. He is rebuked by a holy sufi, Abu'l Abbas Qacab. The sufi scolds the dervish and tells him that "the robe is his God". We are so lost in our outward appearance that we forget to locate God inside us.
The two rivers of Hindu civilization and Muslim civilization have mingled to form the civilization of Hindustan
This is one of the finest paintings by Basawan. He has taken a sufi theme of the foolish dervish busy in sewing his robe, and placed it in indian setting. The Pipal tree, the suckling kid and the goat, the peacock, the slanted 'chajjhha' of the building are all elements of indian art.
The theme is typically Islamic The Dervish is lost in repairing his robe. He is rebuked by a holy sufi, Abu'l Abbas Qacab. The sufi scolds the dervish and tells him that "the robe is his God". We are so lost in our outward appearance that we forget to locate God inside us.
The two rivers of Hindu civilization and Muslim civilization have mingled to form the civilization of Hindustan
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