{[Islamic Art –] Late Arts}[21st April 1991]

[Redbook9:175-179][19910421:1410aaa]{[Islamic Art –] Late Arts}[21st April 1991]

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*‘The most favoured of the arts were those of the book.** Shah Tahmasp, even before his accession in 1524,*** took personal interest in these arts and was himself both calligrapher and painter.’

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Far from turning out weaker as I wondered whether it might,** calligraphy (with the other book arts) appears to reach its zenith around 2048G~ degree.*** ****Now, of course, I can’t understand why I should have expected anything else: it seems entirely logical that Islam’s artistic flowering at G~ should express itself in. and in association with, the arts in which its roots are concentrated at M~ – those of the written word.

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*cf [[Redbook9:169][19910421:1410pp]{[Islamic Art –] Visual Arts [continued –] Late arts of the book (1) [continued (4)]}[21st April 1991],] 169

**ref [[Redbook9:134][19910420:0953i]{Art Cycles (2 [continued])}[20th April 1991],] 134

***{[2048]G~1536}

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# – ibid [Encyclopaedia of Visual Arts 3:458]

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