After Examining The Logbook, The Doctors Assume They Are Dealing With The Plague
A ship at sea has been the metaphor of destiny, the uncertainty of human life and a core depiction of faith since medieval times in Iran and the surrounding region. Water, a sacred element, represents clarity and purification.In the tradition of the Persian painting it is rendered in silver paint. However, over the years silver […]
Monday Recollection of the Muqarnas dome
Pouyan was fascinated by the extraordinary shape of the tomb of the 11th century Muqarnas dome of Sharaf ad-Dawla, a Shi’ite mausoleum near Mosul, Iraq. It resembles a colossal Cubist sculpture, yet predates European modernism by almost a thousand years. . With a geometric exterior that mirrored the extravagantly vaulted and ornamental interior, the Muqarnas […]