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GCSE History · key term
The art of making images of particular people, usually showing their appearance and distinguishing features.
Used by OCR
Paper 3
Revise: Patronage of paintingPortraiture had already developed under Akbar, but individual likenesses reached new levels of accuracy during Jahangir’s reign. European portraits helped stimulate this development, although Mughal artists built on their own existing skills.
Do not claim that Jahangir began Mughal painting or portraiture: he developed traditions inherited from Akbar.
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