Perspectives on Persian painting
Subtitle: illustrations to Amīr Khusrau's Khamsah
By: Barbara Brend.
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon; Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780700714674
Subjects: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, -- ca. 1253-1325. -- Illustrations; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic -- Iran
Genres: Illustrations.
Description: "Amir Khusrau (d. Delhi, 1325) is considered the foremost Persian-language poet of the Indian subcontinent. His Khamsah ('Quintet'), composed between 1298 and 1302, follows the main lines of that of the Persian poet Nizami. Although illustrated copies are known from the late fourteenth century onwards, these manuscripts have received relatively little attention due to the absence of a translation."

"This book offers extended summaries of the narratives, and identifies pictures' subjects, thus making available a previously inaccessible subject matter. Some 33 manuscripts from Iran, Ottoman Turkey, and Sultanate and Mughal India are discussed in depth. These manuscripts represent varying levels of production, from the workman-like to the exquisite princely volume. The discussion of individual works is integrated into the historical background and covers issues of dating, origin, painters and their work, patronage, intention and use."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-317) and index.