Shahnama

Name: Shahnama
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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The Visual Language of the Persian Book of Kings

By: Robert Hillenbrand (Editor)

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Hardcover | 24 August 2004 | Edition Number 1

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Hardcover
200 Pages

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New edition

Dimensions(cm)
25.0 x 17.6 x 1.91

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Shahnama: The Visual Language of the Persian Book of Kings presents the first comprehensive examination of the interplay between text and image in the celebrated Persian national epic, the Shahnama, written by the poet Firdausi of Tus. The Shahnama is one of the longest poems ever composed and recounts the history of Iran from the dawn of time to the Muslim Arab conquests of the seventh century AD. There is no Persian text, in prose or poetry, which has been so frequently and lavishly illustrated. Offering fresh insights through a range of varied art-historical approaches to the Shahnama, the essays in this volume reveal how the subtle alterations in text and image serve to document changes in taste and style and can be understood as reflections of the changing role of the national epic in the imagination of Iranians and the equally changing messages - often political in nature - which the familiar stories were made to convey over the centuries.

Industry Reviews

Best work in the field of Iranian Studies, World prize for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran

'... a beautifully illustrated work, containing a collection of solid articles by leading scholars in the field of Shahnama studies. The often revealing results of meticulous research into different aspects of Shahnama manuscripts and artefacts relating to the Shahnama presented in this volume emphasize the wide scope and firm position of the Shahnama in Persian art and literature through the ages.' Bibliotheca Orientalis

'A fine example of recent scholarship on a legendary monument of Islamicate art... It belongs to every Islamic studies library and every art history collection with global reach.' Religion and the Arts

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