Guru Gobind Singh in Portraiture: Alterations and Adaptations in Originality
Gurdeep Kour1, Rohita Sharma2
1Gurdeep Kour, Department of Fine Arts, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara (Punjab), India.
2Rohita Sharma, Department of Fine Arts, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara (Punjab), India.
Manuscript received on 12 May 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 19 May 2019 | Manuscript Published on 23 May 2019 | PP: 1797-1803 | Volume-7 Issue-6S5 April 2019 | Retrieval Number: F13220476S519/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: Although the portraits of Mughal Emperors and Rajput rulers are acknowledged as near original and contemporary by scholars, while existence of various versions of portraits of Guru Gobind Singh in miniature forms through the hands of Mughal, Punjabi and Pahari painters create qualms on the real likeness due to changing patronage and stylistic variations developed in Punjab. The study discusses the prevailing suspicions of likeness as well as alterations and adaptations in various versions of portraits of Guru Gobind Singh from seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. The study is based on data analysis and review of literature. Analytical method is applied to write the paper.
Keywords: Alteration, Imaginary, Likenesses, Mughal, Originality, Pahari.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences