Priscilla P. Soucek
Articles by Priscilla P. Soucek
- ETTINGHAUSEN, RICHARD
ETTINGHAUSEN, RICHARD (1906-79), a German-born and educated scholar specializing in the study of Islamic art (Figure 1). His career was…
- EBRĀHĪM ṬEHRĀNĪ
EBRĀHĪM ṬEHRĀNĪ, also known as Mīrzā ʿAmū, a calligrapher specializing in the nastaʿlīq script. One of the principal students of…
- EBRĀHĪM SOLṬĀN
EBRĀHĪM SOLṬĀN b. Šāhroḵ, Timurid prince, ruler of Shiraz, military commander, and renowned calligrapher (796-838/1394-35). At his instigation and with…
- DĪVĀNA NAQQĀŠ
DĪVĀNANAQQĀŠ, 15th-century painter whose work is known primarily from single-page paintings preserved in the Topkapı Sarayı library, Istanbul. His name…
- DEMOTTE ŠĀH-NĀMA
“DEMOTTE” ŠĀH-NĀMA, illustrated manuscript, now dispersed, of Ferdowsī’s epic poem, often identified by the name of a former owner, the…
- DECCAN
DECCAN (or Dakhan, Pers. Dakan < Sk. dakshiṇa, “right [hand],” i.e., south), the south-central plateau of India, bounded on the...
- DECORATION
DECORATION, the use of consciously designed patterns to embellish building surfaces and objects for aesthetic effect, one of the most…
- COLOR
COLOR (Pers. rang). i. Color symbolism in Persian literature. ii. Use and importance of color in Persian art. i. Color…