MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
Brown Auditorium
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
1001 Bissonnet
Houston, Texas
tel: (713) 439-0051


June 30, 2002, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
The Arts of the Book in Mughal India," Massumeh Farhad (Smithsonian Institution)

The lecture will examine the origins of imperial painting in Mughal India and highlight some of its distinct stylistic and conceptual characteristics during the reign of Shah Jahan (1628-58), one of the most powerful Mughal patrons.












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