Notice catalographique « Going beyond appearances : examination of hidden paint layers in a Gulistan of Sa'di from the Freer Gallery of Art »
- Titre
- Going beyond appearances : examination of hidden paint layers in a Gulistan of Sa'di from the Freer Gallery of Art
- Auteur ou éditeur
- Polidori, Elisabetta
- Jacobson, Emily K.
- McCarthy, Blythe Ellen
- Freer Gallery of Art
- Lieu de publication
- Washington , D.C.
- Maison d'édition
- Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
- Date de publication
- 2019
- Collation
- vi, 40 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm
- Série
- Smithsonian contributions to museum conservation
- Résumé
- Among the many manuscripts at the Freer Gallery of Art is a lavishly illuminated copy of the Gulistan of Sa'di (F1998.5). This manuscript was transcribed in an elegant nasta'liq script by renowned calligrapher Sultan 'All Mashhadi in Herat (present-day Afghanistan) in 1468, but much of its history is unknown. The text includes six paintings that were added in the seventeenth century during the reign of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in India. Stains on the versos of the painted pages provide tantalizing traces of the existence of earlier illustrations underneath the Mughal ones. A technical study incorporating infrared and ultraviolet imaging. X-ray computed radiography, and targeted pigment analyses has revealed new information about these preexisting paintings. The size of the figures and the intermediate changes to the compositions suggest there were several working phases for the manuscript. A revised chronology now includes these phases and further enriches our understanding of this complex manuscript. From a technical standpoint, this research highlights both the challenges and undeniable potential of imaging technology for the study of Islamic manuscript paintings, many of which have been reworked at various times in their history.
- Table des matières
LIST OF FIGURES...........................................................................v
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................1
THE FREER GULISTAN: DESCRIPTION AND HISTORIC PROVENANCE..1
SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATION OF THE GVLISTAN PAINTINGS.................6
CONCLUSIONS................................................................................31
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS....................................................................33
CHRONOLOGY................................................................................35
NOTES............................................................................................37
BIBLIOGRAPHY...............................................................................39
- Notes
- Includes bibliographic references
- Langue
- English = Anglais
- Sujet
- Art, Mogul Empire - 17th century - History
- Islamic painting - 17th century - Conservation and restoration
- Manuscripts - 17th century - Conservation and restoration
- Art moghol - 17e siècle - Histoire
- Peinture islamique - 17e siècle - Conservation et restauration
- Manuscrits - 17e siècle - Conservation et restauration
- ISBN/ISSN
- ISSN: 1949-2359
- Lien au document en anglais
- https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/Going_Beyond_Appearances_Examination_of_Hidden_Paint_Layers_in_a_Gulistan_of_Sa_di_from_the_Freer_Gallery_of_Art/9728213
- Pays
- United States
- Type de document
- Monograph = Monographie
- Localisation
- ND 146 .P65 2019
- Clé
- 18812
- Collection
- Catalogue