The Sword and the Flute (1959)
1959 · Short film · 24 min · dir. James Ivory
- Documentary
Synopsis
Visual images consist entirely of Indian miniature paintings, while an off-screen narrator traces the rise of this art form within the courts of Akbar (1542-1605), who united what is now India and Pakistan, and his son Jahangir (1569-1627). Two schools of the miniature paintings, done by anonymous artists, flourished after Akbar established unity and peace across what had been many smaller states: the Moghul (Islamic) school and the Rajput (Hindu) school. The Moghul paintings record the events of the court, while the Rajput school connects physical beauty and, in particular, the longing of women to the transcendent values of the spirit.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- James Ivory
- Writer
- James Ivory
- Studio
- Merchant Ivory Productions
- Released
- 1959-01-01
- Running time
- 24 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Educational Films, Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- 16mm Film
- Educational Film
- Intellectual life
Cast & crew
James Ivory Director
Saeed Jaffrey
