Court Page in a Blue Cloak, c. 1590
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Gray, Basil
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
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Aqa Riza enjoyed rendering the folds in sash and turban which can be seen in this figure, which shows the beginning of a curious fashion which was to become a tiresome mannerism in the next century, of leaning forward and slightly bending the knee, so as to make a full curve in the line of the thigh and a corresponding double curve in the line of the back. This with the fuller contour of the cheek, and the chin, indicates a change in the modish figure from the type favoured under the Tahmasp. The shoulders are more sloping, the body fuller and the waist less marked. Partly due to the continued growth of naturalism, for these figures seem less still and posed, and about to move forward
but there is also undoubtedly a psychological change from the tense and tightly buttoned figures of the mid-century to these relaxed and self-absorbed persons of its end. The lips are now generally parted in a half-smile, instead of being pursed together. -- Painted by Aqa Riza, 6.75 x 2.875".
but there is also undoubtedly a psychological change from the tense and tightly buttoned figures of the mid-century to these relaxed and self-absorbed persons of its end. The lips are now generally parted in a half-smile, instead of being pursed together. -- Painted by Aqa Riza, 6.75 x 2.875".
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1961
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