Perspectives on Persian painting to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah / / Barbara Brend
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Brend Barbara <1940->
|
| Titolo: |
Perspectives on Persian painting to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah / / Barbara Brend
|
| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 745.6/7/0955 |
| Soggetto topico: | Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts - Iran | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-317) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. The Khamsah in summary -- 2. Manuscripts of western Iran prior to the death of Shah Rukh -- 3. Sultanate manuscripts -- 4. Manuscripts in Turkman styles -- 5. Ottoman manuscripts under Bayezid II -- 6. Classical and sub-classical styles of Herat -- 7. Mughal manuscripts to the period of Jahangir. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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, |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Perspectives on Persian painting to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah |
| ISBN: | 1-136-85411-8 |
| 1-136-85418-5 | |
| 1-315-02886-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789595703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |