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The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: The Persian Book of Kings by Sheila R. Canby
Category: Art | Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Shahnama, an epic poem from the 10th century that chronicles Iran's mythical history before the founding of Islam, has been immortalized in numerous illustrated copies. The illuminated pages of the 16th-century Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, known as the most beautiful edition ever created, are reproduce ...Show more
The passions of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux by James David Draper
Category: Art | Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) was an extraordinarily gifted sculptor - the greatest in 19th-century France before Rodin - and embodied the emotionally charged artistic climate of his era. The passionate Carpeaux comes alive in this handsome new publication. Carpeaux's wrenching representations of h ...Show more