Opulence and Fantasy: Sultans of Deccan India
VIEW EVENT DETAILSThe diamond-rich Deccan plateau of south central India was home, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, to a succession of highly cultured sultanates and a glorious artistic legacy. The region’s central position served as a fertile meeting ground for many cultural influences, notably from Iran, Turkey, Arabia, eastern Africa and Europe creating an Indo-Islamic art and civilization of sublime character. Join Navina Haidar, Curator, Department of Islamic Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art as she gives an overview of the art of the Deccan period. Navina Najat Haidar has been a curator in the Met's department of Islamic art since 1999. She helped lead the planning of the Museum's Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia, which have welcomed more than 1.5 million visitors since they opened in November 2011. She has contributed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s TimeLine of Art History, website, in-gallery lectures, teacher training workshops, international institutional exchanges and other areas as part of efforts towards art education. Haidar is co-author of Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Sultans of the South: Arts of India's Deccan Courts, 1323–1687.
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