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Iraq-Arabia: A conversation in a village. Miniature by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti,1237 CE

Yahyâ ibn Mahmûd al-Wâsitî was a 13th-century Arab Islamic artist. Al-Wasiti was born in Wasit in southern Iraq. He was noted for his illustrations of the Maqam of al-Hariri. Maqama (literally 'assemblies') are an (originally) Arabic literary genre of rhymed prose with intervals of poetry in which rhetorical extravagance is conspicuous. The 10th century author Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani is said to have invented the form, which was extended by al-Hariri of Basra in the next century. Both authors' maqamat center on trickster figures whose wanderings and exploits in speaking to assemblies of the powerful are conveyed by a narrator. Manuscripts of al-Hariri's Maqamat, anecdotes of a roguish wanderer Abu Zayd from Saruj, were frequently illustrated with miniatures.

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Iraq-Arabia: A conversation in a village. Miniature by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti,1237 CE

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Yahyâ ibn Mahmûd al-Wâsitî was a 13th-century Arab Islamic artist. Al-Wasiti was born in Wasit in southern Iraq. He was noted for his illustrations of the Maqam of al-Hariri. Maqama (literally 'assemblies') are an (originally) Arabic literary genre of rhymed prose with intervals of poetry in which rhetorical extravagance is conspicuous. The 10th century author Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani is said to have invented the form, which was extended by al-Hariri of Basra in the next century. Both authors' maqamat center on trickster figures whose wanderings and exploits in speaking to assemblies of the powerful are conveyed by a narrator. Manuscripts of al-Hariri's Maqamat, anecdotes of a roguish wanderer Abu Zayd from Saruj, were frequently illustrated with miniatures.

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3650 x 4784 px | 50.0 MB

Taille d'impression:

30.9 x 40.5 cm | 12.2 x 15.9 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés:

AL-WASITI • ANT. OR.: IRAK • ARABE • ARABIE • ART (CATÉGORIE) • ART • ART, PEINTURE • ASIE • ASIE, CONTINENT • CONTINENT ASIE • HISOIRE • HISTOIRE • IRAK • IRAK, ANT. OR. • ISLAM • ISLAMIQUE • ISLMAM • MINIATURE • MUSULMAN • MUSULMANE • MUSUSLMAN • PEINTURE • RELIGION • TABLEAU • TABLEAUX • YAHYA IBN MAHMUD AL-WASITI