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Title: International studio
Year: 1897 (1890s)
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Subjects: Art Decoration and ornament
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ixteenth eenturv may be assumed, like theanalogous works dating from the Mongol period,to have been originallv illustrations in books.They present no difference, in general guise, or inmedium, from the pictures still conserved in thetexts thev respectivclv embellish. Alter the acces-sion of Shah Abbas the Great, in 1587, there wasa marked increase in the production ol independentportraits, although the adorning of lair volume-remained a vast, if not the chief concern withthe Persian school. With his boundless ambitions.Abbas made an alliance with Britain; he welcomedat his court embassies from various Westerncountries. Spain lor instance; he did all in hispower to encourage trade between Persia and theOccident. And he sent examples of Persian art asgilts to nearlv every potentate in Europe. I !■as desirous as Louis \l\ Icon that his reign should be a time signalize ty artistic exploits on the part of his realm. And removing VI A l< I II I922 iiiciiii -seren inceRriAcionAL ic* ,*w
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COURT SCENE—SCHOOI OF SI I l\N MAIIMl D— ILIIMA N— XV! CENTURY twenty-eight MARCH I922 i.;riAL the capital from Kasvin to Ispahan, he foundedthere an Academy of Painting. The painter mainly favored by Abbas was RizaVbbasi, whose works include several portraits Ihis royal patron. Riza had an excellent sense fordesign, understanding ably the \ alue o) simplicity,and his draughtsmanship is clever. But his art,like that of plenty other men of high technicalfaculties, lacks sadly an air of dignity. For thislast can scarcely come save from an artist havinggreatness of mind and of character. And far fromhaving these, Riza was conceited to the point ofpathos, as witness his practice of signing his nameprominently on any scrap of paper on w hich he hadmade the slightest sketch. With his favor fromthe crown, he was perforce regarded as somethingof an exemplar by the Persian painters of hisgeneration. And if they were not the equal of themasters, who had worked under the spell ofBihzad, Mi

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