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Rock faces, opium and wine: speculations on the original viewing context of persianate manuscripts

dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Archaeology and History of Art
dc.contributor.departmentGraduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities
dc.contributor.kuauthorErgin, Nina Macaraig
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Social Sciences and Humanities
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteGRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-09T12:43:52Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractOne of the most delightful and interesting features of Islamic miniature painting in the Persian-speaking world is the appearance of hidden faces and figures in the background of compositions, which usually consist of rocky outcrops, tree roots or boulders. Scholars have provided different reasons for this feature, from narrative enhancement to the artists' creativity and imagination. Although accepting these reasons as valid, this paper proposes an additional raison d'etre - that is, the original viewing context of the majlis where wine and opium consumption were part of the entertainment, as both textual and visual evidence demonstrates. Based on first-hand accounts of users of psychoactive substances as well as psychological studies on their effect on creativity and visual perception, I argue that opium and wine consumption caused a perceptional shift that rendered the hidden figures even more entertaining than they would have been in a sober state of mind.
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dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
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dc.description.versionPublisher version
dc.description.volume90
dc.identifier.doi10.1515/islam-2013-0004
dc.identifier.eissn1613-0928
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dc.identifier.filenameinventorynoIR00949
dc.identifier.issn0021-1818
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dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1515/islam-2013-0004
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dc.keywordsReligion
dc.keywordsPersian miniatures
dc.keywordsRock faces
dc.keywordsSafavids
dc.keywordsDrugs
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherDe Gruyter
dc.relation.ispartofIslam - Zeitschrift Fur Geschichte Und Kultur Des Islamischen Orients.
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dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectArts
dc.titleRock faces, opium and wine: speculations on the original viewing context of persianate manuscripts
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