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THE COURT OF GAYUMARS

Nancy DemerdashThe ShahnamaThis sumptuo page, The Court of Gayumars (also spelled Kayumars— see top of page, tails below and large image here), om an illumated mancript of the Shahnama (Book of Kgs)—an epic poem scribg the history of kgship Persia (what is now Iran). As wh many of the workshops of early morn Wt Asia, producg a page such as the Court of Gayumars often entailed the ntributns of many artists.

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It was then when Gayumars beme the Kg of the World.

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Seated a cross-legged posn, as if levatg wh this richly vegetal and mountao landspe, Kg Gayumars ris above his urtiers, who are gathered around at the base of the patg. Acrdg to legend, Kg Gayumars was the first kg of Persia, and he led at a time when people clothed themselv exclively leopard pelts, as both the text and the reprented subjects’ speckled garments dite. [11] Onlookers n be seen to surreptly peer out om the scraggly, blossomg branch onto Kg Gayumars om the upper left and right.

2002.50.150: COURT OF GAYUMARS (PATG, RECTO; TEXT, VERSO), FOL OM A MANCRIPT OF THE SHAHNAMA BY FIRDAWSI

Canby affirms Stuart Cary Welch’s timate that took Sultan Muhammad and his workshop three years to plete the Court of Gayumars illtratn.

Roxburgh, “On the Brk of Tragedy: The Court of Gayumars om Shah Tahmasp’s Shahnama (‘Book of Kgs’), Sultan Muhammad, ” Christopher Dell, ed., What Mak a Masterpiece: Artists, Wrers and Curators on the World’s Greatt Works of Art (London; New York: Tham & Hudson, 2010), pp.

COURT OF THE GAYUMARS

Whole page left, and tail, right: Sultan Muhammad, The Court of Gayumars, c. This sumptuo page, The Court of Gayumars (also spelled Kayumars— see top of page, tails below and large image here), om an illumated mancript of the Shahnama (Book of Kgs)—an epic poem scribg the history of kgship Persia (what is now Iran). Detail, Sultan Muhammad, The Court of Gayumars, c.

THE URT OF GAYUMARS

Nasta’liq (tail), Sultan Muhammad, The Court of Gayumars, c. As wh many of the workshops of early morn Wt Asia, producg a page such as the Court of Gayumars often entailed the ntributns of many artists. Kg Gayumars (tail), Sultan Muhammad, The Court of Gayumars, c.

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Kg Gayumars, Siyamak, and Hhang (tail), Sultan Muhammad, The Court of Gayumars, c. 11 Onlookers n be seen to surreptly peer out om the scraggly, blossomg branch onto Kg Gayumars om the upper left and right. Sheila Canby affirms Stuart Cary Welch’s timate that took Sultan Muhammad and his workshop three years to plete the Court of Gayumars illtratn.

The Court of Gayumars at the Aga Khan Mm. Michael Chagnon, Curator, Aga Khan Mm, "The Court of Gayumars, " Smarthistory, July 3, 2020, accsed Augt 4, 2023,. KathereForm- fol, gold and silver on paperFunctn- to pict what the text is saygContent- Kg Gayumars appears to be floatg above the urt, surround by waterfalls and twistg tre.

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Context- the whole book ntas 258 illtrated imagTradn- a blendg of patg styl om Tabriz and HeratInterpretatn- possibly showg when gayumars beme kg of the worldArtistic Intent- Kg Gayumars is above the people of his urt, physilly and spiruallyAudience Rponse- the books was origally meant to be read all together, and not dividually.

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(7) (190)The Court of Gayumars, fol om Shah Tahmasp’sShahnamaSultan Muhammad / SafavidInk, opaque waterlor, and gold on paper1522-1525 CEFunctn, Form, Context, ContentForm:●Ma of fe paper wh gold-sprkled borrs●Lavish illumatns, typil for... Court of Gayumars (patg, recto; text, verso), fol om a mancript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi.

Gayumars was the legendary first kg of Iran, associated wh the begng of civilizatn and an anized social orr.

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Gayumars had a son, Siyamak, whom he adored and who was loved by all save a jealo creature lled Ahriman. Siyamak ss to the left of Gayumars, and the two are encircled by urtiers and animals. Double page: The Court of Gayumars.

Recto: text and illtratn, wh tle “Kg Gayumars”. Check out the Harvard Art Mm for further rmatn about who Gayumars was. The urt of Gayumars.