When the beautiful and wise princess Nushabeh first met Iskandar/Alexander the Great, the emperor had disguised himself as an envoy to her miraculous castle. Since Nushabeh had sent artists around the world to take the likeness of all eminent people, it was easy for her to discover him. The artist depicts the reception of the …
Here, newly digitised, is the power of painting, in a painting. Barbara Brend’s guest blog about the British Museum Khamsah of Nizami Add. 25900 discusses how this manuscript wasn’t produced in one go, for one patron. One illustration is usually considered to have been painted at the time of the colophon, in Herat: 846/1442. It shows …
Here’s a cute Russian film of Iran – from 1969. Tehran is bustling. Isfahan has all the Safavid architecture we all know so well. Persepolis is populated by some .. well, look for yourself. Click here for 4 and a bit minutes of fun!