"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) ca. 1330–40 Abu'l Qasim Firdausi The painting, showing Isfandiyar about to kill a dragon with bow and arrow in a conventional man-against-beast pose, depicts the last part of this episode in which the hero first weakens the animal with swords sticking out of a carriage he had built. It is a true fusion of influences: the mountain peaks and red background point to Injuid painting, while the composition and twisted body of the dragon owe much to Ilkhanid "Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon",
"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) ca. 1330–40 Abu'l Qasim Firdausi The painting, showing Isfandiyar about to kill a dragon with bow and arrow in a conventional man-against-beast pose, depicts the last part of this episode in which the hero first weakens the animal with swords sticking out of a carriage he had built. It is a true fusion of influences: the mountain peaks and red background point to Injuid painting, while the composition and twisted body of the dragon owe much to Ilkhanid "Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) 452651
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