Gray, BasilPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham2020-08-252020-08-251961P(M-P)-107http://hdl.handle.net/1885/208943With 1370 Shah-nama the natural landscape of the first half of the century is left behind for a conceptual world in which Persian painting was to excel during the next two hundred and fifty years. The elements are to be seen as symbols rather than decoration. "The dragon which Bahram is attacking is no longer the loathly bleeding monster of the Demotte Shah-nama but a cerulean apparition formidable because unearthly, as dynamic as a coiled springand still sinister with its black mane. Colour is now used for its formal qualities rather than representationally." -- 6.3125 x 4.875".35mmslidecolouren-AUMediaeval paintingpaintingsminiaturesbook scan2020-08-25This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.