Shahnama
Subtitle: The Visual Language of the Persian Book of Kings (Visual Arts Research Institute Edinburgh)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: September 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780754633679
Subjects: Historical & comparative linguistics; History of art: c 500 CE to c 1400; Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; Prose & writers: classical, early & medieval; Reference; Firdawsåi.; Art & Art Instruction; Persian (Farsi); Literary Criticism; Techniques - Calligraphy; Shahnamah; Firdawsi; Congresses; Illustrations; Shåahnåamah
First sentence: The papers published in this volume admirably illustrate the range of possible art-historical approaches to the Shahnama and its iconography in the current state of the field and in the wide range of media in which Shahnama themes appear.