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Article: Mughal Painters and Their Work: A Biographical Survey and Comprehensive Catalogue.

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In this substantial volume, S. P. Verma presents us with a bibliographical dictionary of 327 Mughal painters and a catalogue raisonne of their works. The author feels rightly that Mughal painting as an art-historical discipline has until now lacked such a basic reference tool. However, in carrying out this labor for Mughal art history, Verma shows little faith in the discipline itself. As he tells us in his introductory remarks (pp. 3-4) and in his later discussion (p. 17), his sole criterium for establishing the oeuvre of an artist is a signature or a contemporary ascription. Verma's skepticism vis-a-vis art history's own methodological tools - such as analysis of style ...

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