Persian painting : five royal Safavid manuscripts of the sixteenth century / Stuart Cary Welch.

The sixteenth century saw a flowering of classical painting in Persia. Art flourished under the aegis of the Shahs, and the pages reproduced in this volume represent the most unusual and dazzling miniatures in these Safavid manuscripts. within settings exquisitely portrayed, a world of great luxury...

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Main Author: Welch, Stuart Cary
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : G. Braziller, 1976.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Selected bibliography
  • List of plates
  • Plates and commentaries
  • The Shah-nama of Firdawsi
  • Colleted works of Mir 'Ali Shur Nawa'i
  • Diwan of Hafiz
  • Khamsa of Nizami
  • Haft Awrang of Jami.