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19TH CENTURY PERSIAN PRINT SCENE FROM THE SHAHNAMEH ROYAL FIGURES ON HORSEBACK
THIS WORK DEPICTS A CLASSICAL EPIC SCENE INSPIRED BY THE PERSIAN SHAHNAMEH (BOOK OF KINGS), PRESENTING NOBLE FIGURES RIDING HORSEBACK THROUGH A RHYTHMICALLY RENDERED LANDSCAPE. THE COMPOSITION FEATURES A CENTRAL ROYAL PERSONAGE ACCOMPANIED BY ATTENDANTS AND FEMALE FIGURES, ALL ADORNED IN TRADITIONAL COURTLY ATTIRE, WITH EXPRESSIVE FACES AND ORNAMENTAL DETAILS CHARACTERISTIC OF PERSIAN ILLUSTRATIVE TRADITION.
EXECUTED IN A LINEAR, CALLIGRAPHIC STYLE ON AGED PAPER, THE SCENE IS ENRICHED WITH FLOWING CONTOURS, DELICATELY DRAWN ANIMALS, AND A SUBTLE NARRATIVE DEPTH THAT EVOKES THE HEROIC AND POETIC SPIRIT OF FERDOWSI’S EPIC. THE WORK REFLECTS THE STORYTELLING AESTHETIC AND SYMBOLIC GRANDEUR ASSOCIATED WITH PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATION, MAKING IT A STRIKING REPRESENTATION OF EPIC COURTLY LIFE AND MYTHIC JOURNEYING
THIS WORK DEPICTS A CLASSICAL EPIC SCENE INSPIRED BY THE PERSIAN SHAHNAMEH (BOOK OF KINGS), PRESENTING NOBLE FIGURES RIDING HORSEBACK THROUGH A RHYTHMICALLY RENDERED LANDSCAPE. THE COMPOSITION FEATURES A CENTRAL ROYAL PERSONAGE ACCOMPANIED BY ATTENDANTS AND FEMALE FIGURES, ALL ADORNED IN TRADITIONAL COURTLY ATTIRE, WITH EXPRESSIVE FACES AND ORNAMENTAL DETAILS CHARACTERISTIC OF PERSIAN ILLUSTRATIVE TRADITION.
EXECUTED IN A LINEAR, CALLIGRAPHIC STYLE ON AGED PAPER, THE SCENE IS ENRICHED WITH FLOWING CONTOURS, DELICATELY DRAWN ANIMALS, AND A SUBTLE NARRATIVE DEPTH THAT EVOKES THE HEROIC AND POETIC SPIRIT OF FERDOWSI’S EPIC. THE WORK REFLECTS THE STORYTELLING AESTHETIC AND SYMBOLIC GRANDEUR ASSOCIATED WITH PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATION, MAKING IT A STRIKING REPRESENTATION OF EPIC COURTLY LIFE AND MYTHIC JOURNEYING
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19TH CENTURY PERSIAN PRINT SCENE FROM THE SHAHNAMEH ROYAL FIGURES ON HORSEBACK
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