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ROYAL COURT SCENE FROM THE SHAHNAMEH (PERSIAN EPIC PRINT)
A DETAILED 19TH-CENTURY PERSIAN PRINT DEPICTING A FORMAL COURTLY SCENE FROM THE SHAHNAMEH, FERDOWSI’S EPIC OF KINGS. THE COMPOSITION CENTRES ON A SEATED MONARCH, RICHLY ATTIRED AND ENT HRONED, SURROUNDED BY COURTIERS, ATTENDANTS, AND OFFICIALS ARRANGED IN A SYMMETRICAL AND HIERARCHICAL MANNER. INTRICATE LINE WORK DEFINES ORNAMENTAL TEXTILES, ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS, AND FIGURAL DETAILS, WHILE INSCRIBED CARTOUCHES IDENTIFY KEY CHARACTERS WITHIN THE NARRATIVE. DERIVED FROM EARLIER MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATION TRADITIONS, THE SCENE EMPHASISES THEMES OF KINGSHIP, JUSTICE, AND CEREMONIAL AUTHORITY CENTRAL TO THE SHAHNAMEH. PRODUCED AS A POPULAR PRINT IN THE 19TH CENTURY, THIS WORK EXEMPLIFIES THE WIDE DISSEMINATION OF PERSIAN EPIC IMAGERY AND STANDS AS A COLLECTIBLE EXAMPLE OF HISTORIC IRANIAN VISUAL CULTURE.
A DETAILED 19TH-CENTURY PERSIAN PRINT DEPICTING A FORMAL COURTLY SCENE FROM THE SHAHNAMEH, FERDOWSI’S EPIC OF KINGS. THE COMPOSITION CENTRES ON A SEATED MONARCH, RICHLY ATTIRED AND ENT HRONED, SURROUNDED BY COURTIERS, ATTENDANTS, AND OFFICIALS ARRANGED IN A SYMMETRICAL AND HIERARCHICAL MANNER. INTRICATE LINE WORK DEFINES ORNAMENTAL TEXTILES, ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS, AND FIGURAL DETAILS, WHILE INSCRIBED CARTOUCHES IDENTIFY KEY CHARACTERS WITHIN THE NARRATIVE. DERIVED FROM EARLIER MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATION TRADITIONS, THE SCENE EMPHASISES THEMES OF KINGSHIP, JUSTICE, AND CEREMONIAL AUTHORITY CENTRAL TO THE SHAHNAMEH. PRODUCED AS A POPULAR PRINT IN THE 19TH CENTURY, THIS WORK EXEMPLIFIES THE WIDE DISSEMINATION OF PERSIAN EPIC IMAGERY AND STANDS AS A COLLECTIBLE EXAMPLE OF HISTORIC IRANIAN VISUAL CULTURE.
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ROYAL COURT SCENE FROM THE SHAHNAMEH (PERSIAN EPIC PRINT)
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