 | This website concentrates on the best sources in regard to the artworld for educational purposes. |
The Religious Arts under the Ilkhanids
The Mongol period was as eclectic in religious matters as it was in cultural and artistic ones. While the Mongols believed in shamanism, they embraced other religions for several reasons, ranging from a personal desire for the spiritual to issues of control and political and social cohesion. The century of Ilkhanid domination in Greater Iran witnessed the practice of Buddhism, Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam .
The Religious Arts under the Ilkhanids | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of the religious arts under the ilkhanids... double-page colophon (left side) from the anonymous baghdad qur'an, 1308 iraq, baghdad ink, gold, and colors on paper 19 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. (50 x 35 cm) rogers fund, 1955 (55.44) ... frieze tile, a.h. [shawwa] 707/march–april 1308 a.d.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/khan5/hd_khan5.htm [881 words]
Results 1 - 7 of 22 for - ilkhanids - in 0.00144195556640625 seconds.
Associated subjects: great mongol shahnama (+), new visual language brought by the mongols (+), islam (+), the arts of the book (+), judaism (+), islamic art (+), great khan ruling in china (+), c abbasid caliphate (+), ilkhanid dynasty (+), yuan dynasty (+), the new visual language (+), timurids (+), ilkhanid period (+), shahnama ( book of kings ) (+), human figures, animals (+), painting (+), inscriptions (+), vast mongol empire (+), geometric panels (+), northern song (+), jews (+), image making (+), calligraphy (+), twentieth century (+), saints (+), armor (+), islamic-style bookbindings (+), septimius severus (+), sufi (+), beautified (+)
Courtly Art of the Ilkhanids | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art courtly art of the ilkhanids... jar with molded decoration, a.h. 681/1282–83 a.d. iran fritware, monochrome glazed h. 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm) h. o. havemeyer collection, bequest of horace havemeyer, 1956 (56.185.3) ...
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/khan3/hd_khan3.htm [804 words]
The Art of the Ilkhanid Period (1256–1353) | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museu and parts of asia minor, hulegu (r. 1256–65) assumed the title of "il-khan," meaning lesser khan, subordinate to the great khan ruling in china. this branch of the mongol dynasty, which became known as the ilkhanids (1256–1353), centered its power in northwest iran. east asian elements absorbed into the existing perso-islamic repertoire created a new artistic vocabulary, one that was emulated from anatolia to india, profoundly affecting artistic production....
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ilkh/hd_ilkh.htm [1142 words]
The Legacy of Genghis Khan | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art the art of the book in the ilkhanid period byzantine art under islam chinese cloisonne commercial exchange, diplomacy, and religious difference between venice and the islamic world constantinople after 1261 courtly art of the ilkhanids folios from the great mongol shahnama (book of kings) folios from the jami' al–tavarikh (compendium of chronicles) list of rulers of china list of rulers of the islamic world the mongolian tent in the ilkhanid period nineteenth–
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/khan1/hd_khan1.htm [1009 words]
The Art of the Book in the Ilkhanid Period | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museu and baghdad and developed an interest in historical writings as a means to further their claim to rule over a foreign land. not surprisingly, they chose the shahnama ( book of kings ) as a sort of official dynastic history in which the ilkhanids identified themselves with kings and heroes of the iranian past. the mongols clearly brought with them an excitement about the art of painting.... related... cited works of art or images (1)...
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/khan2/hd_khan2.htm [1302 words]
A New Visual Language Transmitted Across Asia | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Mu the mongol versions of the creatures are the highly decorative sinuous dragon with legs, horns, and beard and the large bird with a spectacular feathered tail floating in the air ( 12.49.4 ). in iran, these motifs were often paired and became so popular with the ilkhanids that they eventually lost their original meaning, becoming part of the common artistic repertoire in the first half of the fourteenth century. the flowers, often seen in combination and viewed from both the side and top,
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/khan4/hd_khan4.htm [889 words]
![Bottle [Probably Syria] (41.150) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ¦ The Metropolitan Museum of Art](http://kunstbus.com/images/k/me/www.metmuseum.org/toah_2F_images_2F_h2_2F_h2_41.150.jpg)
Bottle [Probably Syria] (41.150) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ¦ The Metropolitan Museum of Art rogers fund, 1941 (41.150) the figural decoration on this bottle is its most extraordinary feature. the early mamluks were fascinated by the imagery brought from the east by their rivals in western asia, the ilkhanids (or mongols of iran). the phoenix depicted around the neck is a popular motif that was derived from the chinese fen-huang and became the simurgh of the ilkhanids. the composition on the body could represent a series of individual duels or a battle.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/41.150 [174 words]