1. JAHANGIR'S WINE CUPS: A STUDY OF THE ARTISTIC STYLES AND SYMBOLISM
- Author
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Thabet H.
- Subjects
Wine ,Archeology ,Civilization ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Islam ,Conservation ,Art ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Creativity ,Drinking wine ,Applied arts ,Aesthetics ,Phenomenon ,Depiction ,media_common - Abstract
The applied arts, e.g. cups of wine and opium, at the time of Indian Mughal emperors showhow great their civilization and creativity were. The present paper is an artistic study of thesecups, their styles at the time of Jahangir and their appropriateness to the function. It alsoinvestigates the materials used in manufacturing, decorations and the relationship betweenthese decorations and the cups' functions. Additionally, it aims to study the philosophy of theMughal emperors in drinking wine, how fond they were of these drinks despite the teachingsof Islam and the development of drinking wine at the time of Jahangir that the depiction of theemperor holding a cup was a well-known phenomenon. Finally, it examines the coins mintedduring Jahangir's era and the symbolism of wine cups and their relations to him in somekingly scenes.
- Published
- 2018