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  <titleInfo>
    <title>The Imperial Image</title>
    <subTitle>Painting For The Mughal Court</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Beach, Milo Cleveland</namePart>
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    <publisher>Smithsonion Institution</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1981</dateIssued>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc" point="end">1981</dateIssued>
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    <extent>237 pages : pbk. 30 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court by Milo Cleveland Beach examines the development of Mughal miniature painting.
It explores how emperors used art to project power, authority, and imperial identity.
The book analyzes court workshops, artists, and stylistic influences from Persia and India.
Overall, it shows how painting became a key tool of Mughal political and cultural expression.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Milo Cleveland Beach</note>
  <note>Includes Index.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Fine Arts</topic>
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  <classification authority="ddc">709.540903 BEA</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">0-934686-38-6</identifier>
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