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Who among the following Mughal Emperors shifted emphasis from illustrated manuscripts to album and individual portrait

Who among the following Mughal Emperors shifted emphasis from illustrated manuscripts to album and individual portrait?

(a)

Humayun

(b)

Akbar

(c)

Jahangir

(d)

Shah Jahan

Answer:

(c)

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Explanation

Jahangir took keen interest in painting. He was a bird and animal lover and patronized paintings of flowers, animals, birds etc. Apart from painting of hunting scenes, court scenes, under him specialized individual portraits were painted in a realistic manner. Akbar was fond of manuscipts and Jahangir later shifted focus on individual potrait and album. So more correct answer is Jahangir.