Perspectives on Persian Painting
Download or Read eBook Perspectives on Persian Painting PDF written by Dr Barbara Brend and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Dr Barbara Brend |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 369 |
| Release | : 2013-11-05 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781136854118 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1136854118 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Perspectives on Persian Painting by : Dr Barbara Brend
Book excerpt: This is a detailed study of the illustrations to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah, in which twenty discourses are followed by a brief parable, and four romances. Amir Khusrau (1253-1325) lived the greater part of adventurous life in Delhi; he composed in Persian, and also in Hindi. From the point of view of manuscript illustration, his most important work is his Khamsah (Quintet'). Khusrau's position as a link between cultures of Persia and India means that the early illustrated copies of the Khamsah have a particular interest. The first extant exemplar is from the Persian area in the late 14th century, but a case can be made that work was probably illustrated earlier in India.
