The blue road
Subtitle: mastercrafts from Persia
By: Yuka Kadoi = Lan se zhi lu : lai zi Bosi de gui li yi shu / Yuka Kadoi
Publisher: Liang Yi Museum
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Hong Kong
Language: eng; chi
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9789881494436
Subjects: Iranian Art; Exhibitions; Art; Kunst; Liang yi cang (Hong Kong, China)
Other titles: The blue road; Mastercrafts from Persia; Lan se zhi lu :; Lai zi Bosi de gui li yi shu
Description: One Wednesday when the blooming sun, Suffused with blue the sphere?s black dome, The King, victorious as the sun, Bright sky-like robes of turquoise donned, Went to the turquoise dome for sport; The tale was long, the day was short" ? From the Khamsa of Nizami0The King was the Persian Bahram Gur (r 420-38); the ?sport? was visiting one of his seven wives, this one from the Maghreb, who lived in a turquoise pavilion. And an illustration from a 1537 copy of the Khamsa shows the couple in her pavilion, richly embellished with tiles and murals of different shades of blue, as well as its dome ?suffused with blue?. Decorative details of gold and yellow enrich the sumptuous scene.0The significance of blue in illustrations of Persian literature, as well as its craft traditions cannot be over-emphasised. Neither can the impact of Persian blue on other cultures, particularly to the east. 'The Blue Road: Mastercrafts from Persia' celebrates the many permutations of the use of the colour blue, from palest turquoise to darkest indigo, as well as its life-giving symbolism ? think water and sky and then add its celestial quality. The show covers a range of materials and categories, particularly focusing on ceramics; but also celebrating blue in architectural decoration, glass, cloisonné, textiles and carpets, photographic prints, as well as painting in particular for manuscripts.00Exhibition: Liang Yi Museum, Hong Kong (20.03.-24.06.2018).
Notes: Catalogs of the exhibition held at Liang Yi Museum, Hong Kong, from 20 March until 24 June 2018.

Includes bibliographical references.

In English and Chinese.