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St. Petersburg Muraqqa' 1996, Art Books International

ISBN-13: 9788878136076

Unabridged

Hardcover

Books by Ivanov

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Naveen

Jun 15, 2009

An Exquisite and Rare Text

I've taken this books out of the library several times because it so beautiful. It's a collection of high quality Persian and Indian paintings that were later sold to a Russian prince and became the "St. Petersburg Muraqqa'". It is also sometimes referred to as the Leningrad Album. The text itself tries to imitate what the actual Muraqqa' looks like. Hence the cover is a gorgeous flower print design and the interior features page after page of delicate and rare paintings. However, beware that if you intend to buy the text that it comes with a companion catalogue which explains the significance of each painting and contains scholarly articles about the work. It also comes in a protective box where both books can be stored together.
This is an excellent text for an avid collector or student of Mughal or Persian art.

BABURI

Dec 16, 2008

A MUST FOR THE BUDDING ISLAMIC ART HISTORIAN

Containing original Safavid, Central Asian, Moghul (Indo-Timurid), and later Iranian contemporary and pastiche works, this high quality fascimilie of the St Petersburg album of paintings and calligraphy is a delightful glimpse in to visual and material culture in pre-modern and pre-colonial Middle East and South Asia; being of particular interest to the student, and indispensable to the specialist of the Islamic arts of the book.

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