亞歷山大, 蒙古人, 和偉大的伊朗史詩

The Bier of Iskandar (Alexander the Great), folio from the Great Mongol Shahnama (Il-Khanid dynasty, Tabriz, 伊朗), C. 1330, 墨水, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 57.6 X 39.7 厘米 (弗里爾美術館, Smithsonian Institution, purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1938.3)

This video focuses on one particular painting within one particular 14th century manuscript now commonly called the Great Mongol Shahnama. This is only one of many versions of the Shanama, the great epic of Iran.

揚聲器: 博士. Massumeh Farhad, Chief Curator and The Ebrahimi Family Curator of Persian, Arab, and Turkish Art, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. 薩克勒畫廊, Smithsonian Institution and Dr. 史蒂文糖