. International studio. n sect, whichbecoming known as Shia, or the faction, did notinterdict pictures representing life. In the mid-eighth century, the great empire of the Arabshaving been disparted, rule over Persia was acquired by a house seemingly YOl NG WOMAN OFFERING A f persjan orjgjn tne IiUINK TO A POET by kassim ali—xvi cENTCRv Abbasids. And under / wenty-two MARCH 1922 inteRrtAaonAL gram© the earlier monarchs lthis line, Persia wasnotablj fecund in theproduction I beautil ulbooks. But theirbeauty lay mainlj inarabesques, and thelike, on the title-pages,and in the line scriptof the t
. International studio. n sect, whichbecoming known as Shia, or the faction, did notinterdict pictures representing life. In the mid-eighth century, the great empire of the Arabshaving been disparted, rule over Persia was acquired by a house seemingly YOl NG WOMAN OFFERING A f persjan orjgjn tne IiUINK TO A POET by kassim ali—xvi cENTCRv Abbasids. And under / wenty-two MARCH 1922 inteRrtAaonAL gram© the earlier monarchs lthis line, Persia wasnotablj fecund in theproduction I beautil ulbooks. But theirbeauty lay mainlj inarabesques, and thelike, on the title-pages,and in the line scriptof the text, caligraphybeing regarded in Iranas a high art. As yetit was seldom thatadvantage was takenof the Shia permissionto draw men oranimals. The opening decadesof the thirteenth cen-tury saw the Mongolsbegin their devastatingmarches into the NearEast. In 1258 a Mon-gol force slew the lastof the Abbasids; Mon-gol princes, caring forno sort of Mohamme-danism, became over-lords of Persia. Andhence, throughout the. PORTRAIT OI- III SA1 \ M1KZABY B111Z \ I > ( ese sc hool, and rarel w Inch thai 1 hool fa- ed. With Pi\\ ith Eg} p1 and Mi ? -pi iiii-:. picl ures werecommonlj wrougla n almost 0 p a <| u epaper, hardly more ab-sorbed than much of the finestIranian work, of theMongol period, con-sists in drawings w itha reed-pen, thestrokes enhanced w ithsmall touches in at this period, andalways afterward, theusual Persian methodwhen handling poly-chrome was at least tooutline the prospect ivepicture with a brush,simply dipped in water,the sketch being henceno more than percep-tible. And, w hen satis-fied with this outlineor sketch, the artistwould proceed to cover the entiresurface of his paper with water- land, the liberties which the Shiaclergy had taken with the teaching of Mohammed met with much less disapproval colors, or perhaps to introduce among them a than previously. Immediately before these hap- passage in gold, the brushes used being general
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