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19TH CENTURY INK PRINT ON PAPER PERSIAN SCENE FROM THE SHAHNAMEH (COURTLY ASSEMBLY)
THIS DETAILED 19TH CENTURY PERSIAN PRINT ILLUSTRATES A COURTLY SCENE FROM THE SHAHNAMEH, FERDOWSI’S EPIC BOOK OF KINGS. THE COMPOSITION CENTERS A SEATED RULER SURROUNDED BY ATTENDANTS, COURTIERS, AND NOBLES, ALL RENDERED IN RICHLY ORNAMENTED COSTUME AND REGALIA. THE FIGURES ARE ARRANGED HIERARCHICALLY, EMPHASIZING ROYAL AUTHORITY AND THE CEREMONIAL NATURE OF THE GATHERING.
EXECUTED WITH INTRICATE LINE WORK AND DECORATIVE FLOURISHES, THE PRINT REFLECTS THE PERSIAN TRADITION OF NARRATIVE ILLUSTRATION, WHERE TEXT AND IMAGE TOGETHER CONVEY HEROISM, POWER, AND MORAL ORDER. THE FLAT SPATIAL TREATMENT, STYLIZED FIGURES, AND CALLIGRAPHIC DETAILS ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF 19TH CENTURY SHAHNAMEH IMAGERY, MAKING THIS A FINE REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLE OF PERSIAN EPIC ILLUSTRATION AND ITS ENDURING CULTURAL LEGACY.
THIS DETAILED 19TH CENTURY PERSIAN PRINT ILLUSTRATES A COURTLY SCENE FROM THE SHAHNAMEH, FERDOWSI’S EPIC BOOK OF KINGS. THE COMPOSITION CENTERS A SEATED RULER SURROUNDED BY ATTENDANTS, COURTIERS, AND NOBLES, ALL RENDERED IN RICHLY ORNAMENTED COSTUME AND REGALIA. THE FIGURES ARE ARRANGED HIERARCHICALLY, EMPHASIZING ROYAL AUTHORITY AND THE CEREMONIAL NATURE OF THE GATHERING.
EXECUTED WITH INTRICATE LINE WORK AND DECORATIVE FLOURISHES, THE PRINT REFLECTS THE PERSIAN TRADITION OF NARRATIVE ILLUSTRATION, WHERE TEXT AND IMAGE TOGETHER CONVEY HEROISM, POWER, AND MORAL ORDER. THE FLAT SPATIAL TREATMENT, STYLIZED FIGURES, AND CALLIGRAPHIC DETAILS ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF 19TH CENTURY SHAHNAMEH IMAGERY, MAKING THIS A FINE REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLE OF PERSIAN EPIC ILLUSTRATION AND ITS ENDURING CULTURAL LEGACY.
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19TH CENTURY INK PRINT ON PAPER PERSIAN SCENE FROM THE SHAHNAMEH (COURTLY ASSEMBLY)
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