Princes, poets & paladins : Islamic and Indian paintings from the collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan /
: "This catalogue is published in association with an exhibition at the British Museum, London, from 22 January to 12 April, 1998, at the Arthur M. Sackler Musueum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, from May to August 1998, at the Museum Rietberg, Zurich, from September 1998 to January 1999, and at the Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva, from September 1999 to January 2000"--T.p. verso : 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-190) and index.
Esoteric images : decoding the late Herat school of painting /
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In Esoteric Images: Decoding the Late Herat School of Painting Tawfiq Daʿadli decodes the pictorial language which flourished in the city of Herat, modern Afghanistan, under the rule of the last Timurid ruler, Sultan Husayn Bayqara (r.1469-1506). This study focuses on one illustrated manuscript of a poem entitled Khamsa by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, kept in the British Library under code Or.6810. Tawfiq Daʿadli decodes the paintings, reveals the syntax behind them and thus deciphers the message of the whole manuscript. The book combines scholarly efforts to interpret theological-political lessons embedded in one of the foremost Persian schools of art against the background of the court dynamic of an influential medieval power in its final years.
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Based on the author's thesis (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2012) under alternative title: Pictorial language of the Herat school of painting. :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
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