Persian Miniatures 120 illustrations E-Book

Anatoli Ivanov

• Herausgeber: Parkstone International
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 60

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

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.

Leseprobe

Vladimir Loukonine and Anatoli Ivanov

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ISBN: 978-1-78160-969-9

Contents

CHRONOLOGY

THE PLATES

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A

A Depraved Man Commits Bestiality and Is Berated by Satan

A Father Advises His Son about Love

A Mature Man Watches Young Girls Bathing

A Muslim Giving Alms

Abu Bakr Carrying Muhammad on His Shoulders as They Approach the Cave in Mount Thawr

Adam and Eve

Alexander at the Ka’ba

Alexander in the Land of Gloom

Alexander Sets Out in Search of the Water of Life

Alexander Suffers a Nosebleed and Is Laid Down to Rest

Alexander the Great and the Seven Sages

Alexander the Great Fighting Against Darius

Alexander the Great Oversees the Building of the Wall

Alexander the Great Visits the Sage

Ali Fighting to Take the Fortress of Qamus

Ali Fighting to Take the Fortress of Qamus

An Arrogant Clerk Engulfed under the Weight of His Own Beard

Angel

B

Bahram Discovers the Hall with the Seven Portraits

Bahram Gur Falls into the Pit

Bahram Hunting a Lion

Bandits Attack the Caravan of Aynie and Ria

Bird and Flowers

Bird Perched on a Blossoming Branch

Butcher’s Shop in the Isfahan Bazaar

C

Camel and Its Keeper

Courtiers by a Stream

E

European Landscape

F

Farhad Carrying the Horse and Shirin

Fariburz Comes before Kay Khusraw

Frontispiece of a Manuscript (left half)

Frontispiece of an Account of the Lives of the Prophets, Depicting Moses Striking the Giant Og, Mary with the Baby Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad with His Two Grandchildren, Hasan and Husayn

Funeral Procession for Layla’s Dead Husband

G

Girl in a Fur Hat

Girshasp Kills Afriqi in the Battle Against the Kirvan Padishah

H

Hafiz and His Spiritual Master

Harem Garden

I

Idris Instructing His Children

Isra or Muhammad’s Night Journey

Isra or Muhammad’s Night Journey to Heaven on His Steed Buraq

J

Jesus on a Donkey and Muhammad on a Camel, Riding Together

Jonah Cast from the Belly of the Fish

K

Khusraw at Shirin’s palace

Khusraw Parviz and Shirin Deal with the Fishmonger

Kuyuk the Great Khan with Courtiers and Attendants

M

Majnun and Salim in the Palm Grove

Majnun Approaches the Camp of Layli’s Caravan

Majnun Comes before Layli Disguised as a Sheep

Mary Shakes a Palm Tree to Provide Food for Baby Jesus

Mi’raj or The Ascension of the Prophet

Moses Transforms his Staff into a Serpent before Pharaoh

Muhammad and Ali at Ghadir Khumm

Muhammad and Ali Cleanse the Ka’ba of Idols

Muhammad and Ali Destroying the Idols of the Ka’ba

Muhammad and Ali Destroying the Idols of the Ka’ba

Muhammad and the Rashidun

O

Old Man in Landscape

Old Woman and Shah Malik

P

Parrot and Raven in a Cage

Polo Game

Portrait of lmam-Quli Khan

Prince Bahram Listening to the Story of the Princess of the Blue Pavilion

Prince Khusraw Watches Queen Shirin Bathing

Princess Humayun Spies Humay at the Gate

Q

Qabil (Cain) Carrying the Body of His Slain Brother Habil (Abel)

Qays First Glimpses at Layli

R

Recovery of Malikha’s Body by the Holy Man Bishr

Relatives Visit Majnun

Riza-i Abbasi, Love Scene

Riza-i Abbasi, Youth Holding a Jug

Rustam Battles with the Monster

Rustam Beside the Dying Sohrab

Rustam Besieges the Castle of the Ogre Kafur

Rustam is Assisted by His Horse, Rakhsh, as He Fights the Dragon

Rustam Striking the Door of Afrasiyab’s Palace

S

Salaman and Absal Repose on the Happy Isle

Sam Bringing His Son Zal Back from Mount Alburz

Shah Abbas and Khan Alam

Shah and Courtiers

Shah’s Hunt (left folio)

Shah’s Hunt (right folio)

Shirin’s Suicide

Solomon and Bilqis

Solomon and Bilqis Sit Together and Converse Frankly

Sufis Performing Sama before Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya

Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman

T

Tarikh-i jahanara (The Chronicle of the World-Adorning One)

The Arab Berates His Guests for Attempting to Pay Him For His Hospitality

The Aziz and Zulaykha Enter the Capital of Egypt and the Egyptians Come Out to Greet Them

The Battle of Ruhham the Paladin and Bazur the Sorcerer

The Demon Akhwan Throws the Sleeping Hero Rustam into the Sea

The Dervish Picks Up His Beloved’s Hair from the Hammam Floor

The Destruction of Sodom

The East African Looks at Himself in the Mirror

The Fickle Old Lover Is Knocked Off the Rooftop

The First Sermon of Hasan ibn Ali

The Flight of the Tortoise

The Flight of the Tortoise

The Gnostic Has a Vision of Angels Carrying Trays of Light to the Poet Sa’di

The Infant Witness Testifies to Yusuf’s Innocence

The Jackal and The Lion

The Lovers’ Meeting

The Martyrdom of al-Hallaj

The Mi’raj of the Prophet

The Murid Kisses the Pir’s Feet

The Persian Prince Humay Meeting the Chinese Princess Humayun in a Garden

The Pir Rejects the Ducks Brought as Presents by the Murid

The Sages of China Bringing Books on History to Gházán Xán

The Shah Listens to the Teachings of a Sufi

The Shah’s Hunt

The Simple Peasant Entreats the Salesman Not to Sell His Wonderful Donkey

The Townsman Robs the Villager’s Orchard

The Wise Old Man Chides a Foolish Youth

Three Samples of Calligraphy

V

Venus and Cupid

Y

Yazdagird III at the Mill in Merv

Young Man Lying Down

Youth Playing a Lute

Yusuf Gives a Royal Banquet in Honor of His Marriage

Yusuf is Rescued from the Well

Yusuf Preaches to Zulaykha’s Maidens in Her Garden

Yusuf Tends His Flocks

Riza-i Abbasi, Love Scene, 1610s-1620s

Gouache on paper, 7.4 x 10.4 cm. The National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg.

Chronology

749:

The Abbasid line of caliphs takes power from the Umayyads

762-763:

Foundation of Baghdad

9th century:

Birth of Persian language

945:

The Buyids take over Baghdad

Middle of 10th century:

Influence on Persian Art of the Fatimid patronage. Miniatures painted in brilliant colours. Naturalistic treatment of animals

c. 1010:

Shahnama of Firdawsi

1055:

The Seljuks become the new guardians of the caliphate of Baghdad

12th century:

Rise of manuscript production: medical treaties, books about animals

1200:

Khamsa of Nizami

1206:

Genghis Khan is recognized as supreme leader of all the Turko-Mongolian peoples.

1220s:

Mongol invasion led by Genghis Khan, end of the Abbasid line of caliphs

1229:

Ugedei is recognized as Great Khan of the whole tribal group

1250s:

Mongol invasion let by Hulegu Khan

Riza-i Abbasi, Youth Holding a Jug, 1627-1628

Gouache on paper, 12.5 x 22.3 cm. Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Kiev.

1253:

Campaigns of the Great Khan Möngke to take back the territories in western Asia that slipped from Mongol grasp after the death of Genghis Khan

1258:

End of the Abbasid caliphate with the capturing of Baghdad by the Mongols, beginning of the Illkhanid Empire in Persia

1295: