Perspectives on Persian Painting - Illustrations to Amir Khusrau''s Khamsah

Zusatztext 'So little is known about the painters apart from their names that their work must speak for them. To have as knowledgeable an interpreter as Barbara Brend to follow a specific work by analysing content and context is both a rare pleasure and a worthy compliment to the artists themselves.' - Social Anthropology Informationen zum Autor Dr Barbara Brend Zusammenfassung This is a detailed study of the illustrations to Am r Khusrau's Khamsah. The first extant exemplar is from the Persian area in the late 14th century, but a case can be made that work was probably illustrated earlier in India. Inhaltsverzeichnis Verses Preface Introduction 1. The Narratives of the Khamsah in summary 2. Western Iran prior to the death of Shah Rukh 3. Sultanate India 4. Turkman styles 5. Ottoman Turkey 6. Herat and sub-Herat styles 7. The Great Mughal Period Conclusion Appendix A: Manuscript Cycles Appendix B: Subject List Bibliography List of Plates Index

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• Authors: Barbara Brend, Dr Barbara Brend
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138978331
• ISBN: 978-1-138-97833-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Illustration, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Illustration, Decorative arts, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, DESIGN / History & Criticism, DESIGN / Decorative Arts, History of Art, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, c 1000 CE to c 1500, history of design, Painting & paintings, Persian Empire, Paintings and painting, Medieval style, Persian (Farsi), Persian / Iranian styles, ART / History / European / Medieval