Why 'Phul' became the 'Tarre' of Indian Art
Why 'Phul' became the 'Tarre' of Indian Art 'why flowers became the stars of Indian art' NOW, Mughals were fascinated by three things: art, gardens and art that showcased their gardens Painting of Babur supervising his Islamic Garden underscoring his love for Islamic florals Below is an anecdote from my Extended Essay from IB Visual Arts on the origin of the Paisley ‘Paisleys’ were seen in Kashmiri shawls which can be seen in seventeenth-century Mughal miniature paintings, where they appear as part of Mughal court dress. In these portraits, the shawls are long and narrow with a shallow band of decoration at each end. The decorated panel consists of rows of slender, naturalistically depicted flowering plants presented against a plain ground and bordered by smaller versions of a similar pattern in a different colour. This floral motif of Persian influence was fused with 17th-century Mughal art traditions to create a delicate Indo-Persian motif that blended t...