Lunchtime Lecture: The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence

This talk is part of the V&A Academy Lunchtime Lecture Series. No booking is required.

Talk

  • Thursday, 6 February 2025 at V&A South Kensington

  • V&A South Kensington

  • Past event

+44 (0)20 7942 2000

  • V&A South Kensington

    Cromwell Road
    London, SW7 2RL

  • The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre

  • Free event

Lunchtime Lecture: The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence photo
In the late 16th century a new and distinctive art was created in the imperial Mughal workshops. Iranian masters drawn to the Persian-speaking court combined their talents with artists and craftsmen from all over the provinces of the expanding  empire. This talk describes the evolution of Mughal art across a hundred years and the reigns of three remarkable emperors.

Sue Stronge is a Senior Curator in the Asian Department of the V&A and curator of the current major exhibition, The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence. 

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Header image: Painting, Akbarnama, Akbar visits tomb of Khwajah Mu'in ad-Din Chishti, outline by Basawan, painting Ikhlas, portraits Nanha, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1590-95 ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London