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'''Nuzaht Kazmi''' (26th October, 1957) is an art historian and critic. She was a faculty and the founding head of the Department of Art History and Appreciation at Faculty of Fine Arts, [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] in New Delhi.
She is a researcher and author, her specialities include [[Islamic art]], [[Mughal art]], and Medieval and European influences on late medieval and early modern Indian art. She has authored ‘''Islamic Art: The Past and the Modern''’, ''<nowiki/>'Awraq-e Musavvir, Mughal Art of Portraiture''' and others.
== Career ==
She started her career by teaching [[art history]] in Jamia Millia Islamia. Later she founded a department 'Art History and Appreciation' there.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INDIAN RESEARCH INFORMATION NETWORK SYSTEM |url=http://irins.inflibnet.ac.in/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=irins.inflibnet.ac.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Department Of Art History & Art Appreciation - Jamia |url=https://jmi.ac.in/ACADEMICS/Departm...iation/Former-Faculty-Members/1490/index.html |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=jmi.ac.in}}</ref>
== Work & Reception ==
She has been a scholar and faculty for more than 4 decades. The disciplines of art history and criticism frequently reference her writings. Her specialities include notably Islamic art, Mughal art, post-European mediaeval and modern Indian art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nuzhat Kazmi |url=https://mayday.leftword.com/author/post/nuzhat-kazmi/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=mayday.leftword.com}}</ref> Kazmi attends the [[SOAS University of London|University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies]] as a [[Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan|Commonwealth Scholar]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2023-11-23 |title=Dr. Nuzhat Kazmi: Know Our Jury For Abir India’s First Take 2023 |url=https://abirpothi.com/know-our-jury-for-abir-indias-first-take-2023-dr-nuzhat-kazmi/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Abirpothi |language=en-US}}</ref>
She has delivered lecture at institution of national and international importance like [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]], Delhi<ref>{{Cite web |title=14th February 2014 – Lecture by Prof. Nuzhat Kazmi, Deptt. of Art History and Art Appreciation, Faculty of Fine Art, Jamia Milia Islamia on Indian Contemporary Art in the Context of South Asian Art {{!}} IGNCA |url=https://ignca.gov.in/events/14th-fe...porary-art-in-the-context-of-south-asian-art/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |language=en-US}}</ref>, and National Gallery of Modern Arts, Nehru Centre, London University.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2023-11-23 |title=Dr. Nuzhat Kazmi: Know Our Jury For Abir India’s First Take 2023 |url=https://abirpothi.com/know-our-jury-for-abir-indias-first-take-2023-dr-nuzhat-kazmi/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Abirpothi |language=en-US}}</ref>
==== Islamic Art ====
In 2009, she authored a book ''[https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Islamic_Art.html?id=ejpIAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y Islamic Art: The Past and the Modern]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kazmi |first=Nuzhat |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=35312477263706947&hl=en&oi=scholarr |title=Islamic art: the past and modern |date=2009 |publisher=Lustre Press}}</ref>. The book discusses how Islamic art evolved in tandem with all other artistic genres. From its earliest forms, it has taken from different cultural traditions, and it still does. The book looks at the artistic works that the [[Islamic culture]] has generated over the ages, from its origins to contemporary interpretations. Kazmi has blended the inclusive and exclusive characteristics of this great tradition from all over the world with the sensitivity and seriousness that this particular sort of art demands.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2023-11-23 |title=Dr. Nuzhat Kazmi: Know Our Jury For Abir India’s First Take 2023 |url=https://abirpothi.com/know-our-jury-for-abir-indias-first-take-2023-dr-nuzhat-kazmi/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Abirpothi |language=en-US}}</ref>
==== Mughal Art ====
Her work “''Awraq-e Musavvir, Mughal Art of Portraiture"''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kazmi |first=Nuzhat |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubjnzgEACAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Mughal Art of Portraiture: The Intellectual Context and Content |date=2022 |publisher=Three Essays Collective |isbn=978-93-83968-26-8 |language=en}}</ref> is notable in Mughal art history.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kazmi |first=Nuzhat |date=2006-07 |title=Mughal Art and Imperial Ideology: Collected Essays |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/037698360603300213 |journal=Indian Historical Review |language=en |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=206–209 |doi=10.1177/037698360603300213 |issn=0376-9836}}</ref> The entire body of Mughal Portrait paintings is examined in this book. It explores the topic from a historical, social, political, and cultural perspective. It talks about how [[Mughal emperors]] were not just art enthusiasts but also experts. Furthermore, Kazmi has investigated the gender and sovereignty themes in the context of portraiture.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2023-11-23 |title=Dr. Nuzhat Kazmi: Know Our Jury For Abir India’s First Take 2023 |url=https://abirpothi.com/know-our-jury-for-abir-indias-first-take-2023-dr-nuzhat-kazmi/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Abirpothi |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Awraq-e Musavvir, Mughal Art of Portraiture |url=https://mayday.leftword.com/awraq-e-musavvir-mughal-art-of-portraiture.html |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=mayday.leftword.com |language=en}}</ref>
== See Also ==
* [[Art history]]
* [[Islamic art]]
== References ==
[[Category:Jamia Millia Islamia]]
[[Category:Historians by century and nationality]]
[[Category:India]]
[[Category:Art & Language]]
[[Category:Scholars and academics by subject]]
Okumaya devam et...
'''Nuzaht Kazmi''' (26th October, 1957) is an art historian and critic. She was a faculty and the founding head of the Department of Art History and Appreciation at Faculty of Fine Arts, [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] in New Delhi.
She is a researcher and author, her specialities include [[Islamic art]], [[Mughal art]], and Medieval and European influences on late medieval and early modern Indian art. She has authored ‘''Islamic Art: The Past and the Modern''’, ''<nowiki/>'Awraq-e Musavvir, Mughal Art of Portraiture''' and others.
== Career ==
She started her career by teaching [[art history]] in Jamia Millia Islamia. Later she founded a department 'Art History and Appreciation' there.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INDIAN RESEARCH INFORMATION NETWORK SYSTEM |url=http://irins.inflibnet.ac.in/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=irins.inflibnet.ac.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Department Of Art History & Art Appreciation - Jamia |url=https://jmi.ac.in/ACADEMICS/Departm...iation/Former-Faculty-Members/1490/index.html |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=jmi.ac.in}}</ref>
== Work & Reception ==
She has been a scholar and faculty for more than 4 decades. The disciplines of art history and criticism frequently reference her writings. Her specialities include notably Islamic art, Mughal art, post-European mediaeval and modern Indian art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nuzhat Kazmi |url=https://mayday.leftword.com/author/post/nuzhat-kazmi/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=mayday.leftword.com}}</ref> Kazmi attends the [[SOAS University of London|University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies]] as a [[Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan|Commonwealth Scholar]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2023-11-23 |title=Dr. Nuzhat Kazmi: Know Our Jury For Abir India’s First Take 2023 |url=https://abirpothi.com/know-our-jury-for-abir-indias-first-take-2023-dr-nuzhat-kazmi/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Abirpothi |language=en-US}}</ref>
She has delivered lecture at institution of national and international importance like [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]], Delhi<ref>{{Cite web |title=14th February 2014 – Lecture by Prof. Nuzhat Kazmi, Deptt. of Art History and Art Appreciation, Faculty of Fine Art, Jamia Milia Islamia on Indian Contemporary Art in the Context of South Asian Art {{!}} IGNCA |url=https://ignca.gov.in/events/14th-fe...porary-art-in-the-context-of-south-asian-art/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |language=en-US}}</ref>, and National Gallery of Modern Arts, Nehru Centre, London University.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2023-11-23 |title=Dr. Nuzhat Kazmi: Know Our Jury For Abir India’s First Take 2023 |url=https://abirpothi.com/know-our-jury-for-abir-indias-first-take-2023-dr-nuzhat-kazmi/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Abirpothi |language=en-US}}</ref>
==== Islamic Art ====
In 2009, she authored a book ''[https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Islamic_Art.html?id=ejpIAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y Islamic Art: The Past and the Modern]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kazmi |first=Nuzhat |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=35312477263706947&hl=en&oi=scholarr |title=Islamic art: the past and modern |date=2009 |publisher=Lustre Press}}</ref>. The book discusses how Islamic art evolved in tandem with all other artistic genres. From its earliest forms, it has taken from different cultural traditions, and it still does. The book looks at the artistic works that the [[Islamic culture]] has generated over the ages, from its origins to contemporary interpretations. Kazmi has blended the inclusive and exclusive characteristics of this great tradition from all over the world with the sensitivity and seriousness that this particular sort of art demands.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2023-11-23 |title=Dr. Nuzhat Kazmi: Know Our Jury For Abir India’s First Take 2023 |url=https://abirpothi.com/know-our-jury-for-abir-indias-first-take-2023-dr-nuzhat-kazmi/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Abirpothi |language=en-US}}</ref>
==== Mughal Art ====
Her work “''Awraq-e Musavvir, Mughal Art of Portraiture"''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kazmi |first=Nuzhat |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubjnzgEACAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Mughal Art of Portraiture: The Intellectual Context and Content |date=2022 |publisher=Three Essays Collective |isbn=978-93-83968-26-8 |language=en}}</ref> is notable in Mughal art history.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kazmi |first=Nuzhat |date=2006-07 |title=Mughal Art and Imperial Ideology: Collected Essays |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/037698360603300213 |journal=Indian Historical Review |language=en |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=206–209 |doi=10.1177/037698360603300213 |issn=0376-9836}}</ref> The entire body of Mughal Portrait paintings is examined in this book. It explores the topic from a historical, social, political, and cultural perspective. It talks about how [[Mughal emperors]] were not just art enthusiasts but also experts. Furthermore, Kazmi has investigated the gender and sovereignty themes in the context of portraiture.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2023-11-23 |title=Dr. Nuzhat Kazmi: Know Our Jury For Abir India’s First Take 2023 |url=https://abirpothi.com/know-our-jury-for-abir-indias-first-take-2023-dr-nuzhat-kazmi/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Abirpothi |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Awraq-e Musavvir, Mughal Art of Portraiture |url=https://mayday.leftword.com/awraq-e-musavvir-mughal-art-of-portraiture.html |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=mayday.leftword.com |language=en}}</ref>
== See Also ==
* [[Art history]]
* [[Islamic art]]
== References ==
[[Category:Jamia Millia Islamia]]
[[Category:Historians by century and nationality]]
[[Category:India]]
[[Category:Art & Language]]
[[Category:Scholars and academics by subject]]
Okumaya devam et...