Courtesy The Abbasid Caliph Ma’mun at the Hamman From Five Poems

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The works of art to be discussed are from The Chester Beatty Library. The drawing are from different artists with different perception of the world which were translated into their work.
The Abbasid Caliph Ma’mun at the Hamman by Mughal Emperor Akbar 
Courtesy The Abbasid Caliph Ma’mun at the Hamman From Five Poems (Khamsa) of Nizami 1529, Persia (Iran)
The image depicts the works of art by Mughal Emperor Akbar  which was part of the Five Poems or Khamsa which was published in 1529. The work of the artist was to establish a different approach in Islamic art. The art does not have a linear approach as the formation is to show the bold images of flat quality. In the image, the artist has changed the size of the figures to depict distance of one object to another. The drawing also has an aerial perspective which makes the color of the background to be fainter and those on the fore ground to be clear to depict distance. The image is from the Safavid period. It has a dimension of 29.7 x 18 cm
Knight, Death and the Devil by Albert Dürer
Courtesy: Knight, Death and the Devil by Albert Dürer 1513, Germany
The art titled Knight, Death and the Devil is by Albert Dürer from the year 1513. The image is part of symbolism and iconography that depicts an image of an actual event. The image is in black and white and can represent a horrific event since it is scary. It shows an image of an Armored Knight walking with his dog through a narrow gorge. The devilish image is seen through the head of a goat as a ...