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Major Developments of the Arts in Mughal empire:
 * · ** Mughal painting developed and flourished during the reigns of [|Akbar], [|Jahangir] and [|Shah Jahan]
 * · **** Perhaps the most famous monument in Islamic lands was the Taj Mahal, built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, who dedicated the white marble mosque and tomb to the memory of his wife **
 * · **** Taj Mahal is an example of the architecture that the Mughals envisioned **

· **** Mughals and Europe **** ans share an idea of humanism rather than religion ** Major development of the arts in Western Europe: · Period of Renaissance begins · The Renaissance brings · ** The supports of Renaissance art and sculpture were the Catholic Popes. They commissioned work for the Vatican and St. Peter's cathedral in Rome **
 * · **** Had them **** es of realism and naturalism that were refined **
 * · **** Mughal art became first envisioned under Akbar The Great **
 * · **** Under Akbar The Great, such art included individual portraits, and animal fables **



· Writers such as Petrarch and Boccaccio embraced classical models in preference to medieval ones Sources: [] [] [] []
 * · **** The Renaissance, a "rebirth" an attempt to revive the values of the classical civilizations of the Mediterranean, Greece and Rome **
 * · **** Restoration of Humanism **
 * · **** focused on the accomplishments, characteristics, and capabilities of humans, not of God **