Persian Miniatures
By Vladimir Loukonin, Anatoli Ivanov
Length1h 42m
About this audiobook
Encounter one of history's greatest civilisations through miniatures. In Persian Miniatures, the story of the magnificent Persian Empire is told by way of a small but vibrant artistic tradition. The colourful images, which are, in fact, elaborate book illustrations, introduce a curious world of adventures, heroes and sovereigns. The Mega Square layout highlights three details from each image and helps to discover amazing peculiarities.
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Length1 hr 42 mins
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Publish dateJul 1, 2011
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Persian Persian Miniatures Miniatures
2Authors: Vladimir Loukonine and Anatoli Ivanov
39th century:
4Mongol invasion let by Hulegu Khan.
5In very elaborate manuscripts, the miniature
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6representation of a house, the names of the
7Bahram Discovers the Hall with the Seven Portraits
8Alexander the Great Visits the Sage
9The Sages of China Bringing Books on History to Gházán Xán
10The Battle of Ruhham the Paladin and Bazur the Sorcerer
11(Jazira) or Anatolia.
12the following characteristics: the frieze-like
13Majnun and Salim in the Palm Grove
14existence of miniature painting in Iran
15Mi’raj or The Ascension of the Prophet
16miniatures in the true sense of the word;
17mentioned. Nizami Aruzi Samarqandi
18portrait of the renowned scientist Abu-All
19interest to the history of criminology than to
20Finally, one source reports that during
21portraits‰ of the Sassanid rulers in the
22Artist and source unknown 1494-1495 The British Library, London
23the Caliphate.
24Artist and source unknown 1494-1495 The British Library, London
25Alexander the Great and the Seven Sages
26north-east and beyond the borders of Iran;
27Gulshah and the Shiraz Shahnamas) bear
28point out, one characteristic of Persian artistic
29object-symbols with all their various, and
30Artist and source unknown 1539-1543 The British Library, London
31early miniatures of the so-called Shiraz school
32Artist and source unknown 1539-1543 The British Library, London
33Persian miniatures (15th-17th century). What
34importance – to paintings on ceramics of the
35and designs on metal and ceramics that
36How, in actual fact, could absolutely all of
37The total silence of early Persian sources
38the state apartments of his house, or the story
39MasÊudÊs pavilion, or the famous verses of
40At the same time, from the middle of the
41The Wise Old Man Chides a Foolish Youth
42A Depraved Man Commits Bestiality and Is Berated by Satan
43articles for the middle ranks of society, so
44The Simple Peasant Entreats the Salesman Not to Sell His Wonderful Donkey
45A Father Advises His Son about Love
46position of the most prestigious branch of art.
47Persian art after the death of its founder
48for example, more than thirty out of fifty-two
49Yusuf Is Rescued from the Well
50pictures, like decorations against whose
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