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parsabad · 4 months

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Akhavan House/ Kashan/ Iran

Photography: abolfazl sadr

#iran #persian #iranian #middle east #persia #travel #farsi #art #culture #architecture #kashan #persian architecture #persian art #traditional house #historical

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arsvitaest · 10 months

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The horoscope of the Persian Timurid ruler Iskandar Sultan, 1411. This is the only surviving individual illuminated horoscope from medieval Islam. Al-Mizan (Libra) is at 3 o'clock in the circle of zodiac signs.

#Persian art #Medieval art #Islamic art

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jareckiworld · 25 days

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Mansoor Ghandriz (1936-1966) — Untitled [oil on canvas, 1960]

#Mansoor Ghandriz #iranian art #persian art

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jstor · 9 months

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The twelve signs of the zodiac, from the Horoscope of Prince Iskandar, grandson of Tamerlane, the Turkman Mongol conqueror. Apart from being a horoscope, the manuscript of 1411 is an exquisite work of art and an exemplary production of the royal kitabkhana "publishing house" or "workshop."

The manuscript is lavishly illustrated and reflects the efforts of a whole range of specialists: astronomers (among them Imad ad-Din Mahmud al- Kashi), illuminators, gilders, calligraphers and craftsmen, and specialists in paper-making.

The images and info come from the always fascinating Open: Wellcome Collection on JSTOR, which is open access with no login needed! Creative Commons: Attribution.

#zodiac #horoscope #astrology #illuminated manuscript #persian art #iranian art #open access #creative commons #research #art history #jstor

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armory-rasa · 3 months

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Replica of a 12th/13th century leather pouch made in Afghanistan or eastern Iran. The original is currently housed at the David Collection in Copenhagen:

(Khorasan pouch, available from Armory Rasa)

#leatherworking #historical fashion #Iranian art #Persian art #this has been kicking around incomplete on my desk for ages #and finally I was like FINISH IT NERD BEFORE YOU SPILL COFFEE ON IT.

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nobrashfestivity · 5 months

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Unknown, Four Safavid cuerda seca pottery Tiles Persia, 16th Century

#unknown #persian art #ceramics #tiles

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lionofchaeronea · 2 months

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The Lovers, Reza Abbasi, 1630

#Valentine's Day #art #art history #Reza Abbasi #illustration #lovers #couple #Persian art #Islamic art #17th century art #watercolor and gold on paper #Metropolitan Museum of Art

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random-brushstrokes · 23 days

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Mu‘in Musavvir - White-Eared Bulbul Perched on a Pink Rock (1676)

#Mu‘in Musavvir #persian art #animals in art #17th century art

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topcat77 · 1 year

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Hedgehogs eating grapes

Persia, 15th century

Atribution unknown

#persian art

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nabxtangled · 1 month

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گفتم که مرگ عاشقان ،

گفتا کہ درد ہجر من

گفتم کہ علاج زندگی

گفتا کہ دیدار منست

Guftam ke marg aashiqan,gufta ke dard hijr mann.

Guftam ke ilaj zindagi, gufta ke deedar mansat.

I asked what is the cruel death,

replied the pain of living without me

I asked what is a healthy life,

replied gazing at me.

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arthistoryanimalia · 18 days

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#MetalMonday:

Lamp in the form of a bird, 12th c.

Persian, Iran, Khorasan province, Seljuk-Atabeg period

Quaternary alloy, cast & incised, with turquoise inlay

13.34 x 19.05 x 19.05 cm (5 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)

On display at Harvard Art Museums

#animals in art #museum visit #birds in art #bird #lamp #metalwork #Persian art #Islamic art #medieval art #Harvard Art Museums #Metal Monday

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parsabad · 7 months

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Shah Mosque/ Isfahan/ Iran

Photography: Anajat raissi

#iran #persian #middle east #iranian #persia #travel #farsi #art #culture #architecture #isfahan #persian architecture #persian art #mosques

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vulturesouls · 5 months

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Portrait of a young man reading an album, by Riza-i Abbasi, after Muhammadi of Herat

Isfahan, Iran, ca. 1625 AD

British Museum

#persian art #persian miniature #iran #17th century #art details

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jareckiworld · 1 month

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Sanam Sayehafkan — The Invention of Solitude (oil on canvas, 2018)

#Sanam Sayehafkan #iranian art #women painters #persian art

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jstor · 11 months

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The twelve astrological signs of the zodiac, by an unidentified 19th-century Persian artist. From the Wellcome Collection on JSTOR, which never ceases to amaze us. Free and open to all! Creative Commons: Attribution

#persian art #iranian art #gouache #zodiac #aries #taurus #gemini #capricorn #scorpio #pisces #virgo #aquarius #sagittarius #leo #cancer #libra #research #jstor #wellcome collection

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jeannepompadour · 8 months

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"Couple with servants on a terrace" by Ali Quli Jabbadar, Safavid Iran, 1655-56

#17th c. persia #iran #mdppersia #islamic art #safavid #persia #persian art

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