The Persian fritware is so good at utilizing metallic glazes. I love this piece because it is so complex as to be abstract, and yet, is completely simple at the same time. It is a delightful example of its typical type.
Tag: 12th century
Tuesday
I’d hate to have these dudes serving on the board of my apocalypse. But, to be fair, they aren’t exactly Crowley and Aziraphale, are they?
Tuesday
It’s so rare to have Islamic art with people in it because the Quran talks about how the word is sacred above all else and art should be of the word and so on and so forth, hence the highly stylized ritualistic Islamic art we have today.