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Bazm and Razm
dal 16/2/2015 al 30/5/2015

Segnalato da

Elyse Topalian



 
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16/2/2015

Bazm and Razm

Metropolitan Museum of Art - MET, New York

Feast and Fight in Persian Art


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For centuries, Persian kingship was epitomized by two complementary pursuits: bazm (feast) and razm (fight). The ruler's success as both a reveler and hunter/warrior distinguished him as a worthy and legitimate sovereign. The pairing of bazm and razm as the ultimate royal activities is an ancient concept with roots in pre-Islamic Iran. It is a recurring theme in the Shahnama (or Book of Kings), the Persian national epic, was well as other poetic and historic texts. This exhibition will feature some three dozen works of art in various media, created between the fifteenth century and the present day. Works from the Museum's Department of Islamic Art that illustrate the linked nature of bazm and razm will be displayed alongside corresponding works, primarily Persian, from the departments of Asian Art, Arms and Armor, and Musical Instruments. The exhibition will chart the gradual shift in meaning and usage of this pairing as it emerged from a strictly royal, or princely, context and became more widespread.

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