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Reza Abbasi (Persian: رضا عباسی), [a] also known as Aqa Reza (c. 1565 – 1635), [b] was the leading Persian miniaturist of the Isfahan School during the later Safavid period, spending most of his career working for Shah Abbas I. [1]
The Lovers, alternatively titled Two Lovers or Courtly Lovers, is an early 17th-century painting by Iranian artist Reza Abbasi. Done in a combination of ink, watercolor, and gilding on paper, the work depicts a couple of lovers embracing each-other. The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Reza Abbasi Museum (Persian: موزه رضا عباسی ) is a museum in Tehran, Iran. It is located in Seyed Khandan . [ 1 ] The museum is named after Reza Abbasi , one of the artists of the Safavid era . [ 2 ]
The text is known from a 13th century manuscript, possibly composed in Baghdad, now in Tehran, Reza Abbasi Museum (RAM M. 570), also called "RAM al'Sufi". It is stylistically dated to circa 1225. [ 1 ]
Reza Abbasi's technique was based on the value of line, giving volume to the work through the thickness and thinness of lines. In his paintings, figures were usually large and detached from the surroundings. Later, Moin Mosavar continued Reza Abbasi's style by combining it with his own personal style.
Original – Reza Abbasi's Two Lovers, tempera and gold on paper. Dating from 1629-30, this work shows two people in an embrace. Reason High technical quality, interesting image as it is a depiction of homosexuality from a region (Persia, now Iran) where such acts are now banned and carry the death penalty.
Among many detached folios from Iran, especially 17th-century Isfahan, are works by Reza Abbasi, Mo'en Mosavver, Mohammad Zaman, Aliquli Jabbadar, and Shaykh 'Abbasi. [36] A 15th-century exemplar of the Masnavi, a poem by the scholar and mystic Rumi, is illuminated in ink, watercolour, and gold. [37]
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