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Browse a growing archive of artworks, performances, films, objects, and cultural expressions inspired by the Shahnameh and its characters, stories, symbols, and visual traditions.
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Painting & Graphics
Siyavash, Shahnameh series, 2016
Farah Ossouli · 2016
Siyavush’s fire ordeal is a significant episode in the Shahnameh that underscores themes of justice and innocence.
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Painting & Graphics
Siyavash, Shahnameh series, 2016
Farah Ossouli · 2016
The execution of Siyavush is a poignant episode in the Shahnameh, illustrating the tragic consequences of honour and betrayal.
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Painting & Graphics
Love and Death, Shahnameh series, 2008
Farah Ossouli · 2008
In the annals of Persian literature, Tahmineh stands out as a symbol of strength, beauty, and unwavering loyalty.
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Painting & Graphics
Siyavash, Shahnameh series, 2016
Farah Ossouli · 2016
Siavash, a character from the Shahnameh, embodies the ideals of honour and integrity in the face of adversity.
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Painting & Graphics
Bahram Gur, the legendary Persian king
Farah Ossouli ·
Bahram Gur, the legendary Persian king renowned for his courage and wisdom, embarked on a quest to find love, leading him to Azadeh, a woman of unrivalled beauty and spirit.
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Photography
Divine rebellion from the series “The Book of Kings”, 2012
Shirin Neshat · 2012
Divine rebellion from the series “The Book of Kings”, 2012
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Film
Shoja Azari — Film
Shoja Azari ·
Leila Heller Gallery is showing new works by Shoja Azari. Painting installations and video works cover multi-layered messages that combine myth and reality from the 12th century to the modern era.
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Painting & Graphics
Nasim Davari — Painting & Graphics (2023)
Nasim Davari · 2023
Nasim Davari — Painting & Graphics (2023)
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Digital Art
Rostam & The White Dīv
Kiarash Khalili ·
Legendary Rostam here is our contemporary zurkhaneh wrestler, while the image of the White Div is borrowed from a classical tradition of miniature painting to show the connection between pas
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Painting & Graphics
Rostam & Tahmineh
Vyacheslav Zabelin ·
VIK's interpretation of the famous scene of the first and the last meeting of Tahmineh, Princess of Samangan and Rustam, the great hero of Iran is very different to the well-established icon
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Painting & Graphics
Zāl & Simurgh
Vyacheslav Zabelin ·
The legend of Zal in the Shahnameh is similar to the Biblical story about Moses.
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Painting & Graphics
Zāl & Rudabeh
Vyacheslav Zabelin ·
The legend of Rudabeh and Zal is similar to the Rapunzel story in German folklore.
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Sculpture
Afrasiyab & Manizheh
Veronica Shimanovskaya ·
Turanian Princess Manizheh falls in love with Iranian knight Bizhan, which is a Parthian version of the famous story of Romeo and Juliet who could not be together because of their origin.
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Sculpture
Zahhāk & Jamshid
Veronica Shimanovskaya ·
Zahhak's story in the Shahnameh is rather similar to Goethe's Faust. In the Shahnameh he is a symbol of tyranny and evil.
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Digital Art
Rostam
Rabee Baghshani ·
The original story in the Shahnameh refers to Rostam being carried while asleep by Div Akavan to the sea to drown him there and get eaten by the sea monsters
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Animation
Rostam in the Wonderland, 2013
Pouya Afshar · 2013
Rostam in the Wonderland, 2013
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Animation
Sohrāb
Pouya Afshar ·
Sohrab’s Blood
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Animation
Rostam in the wonderland: Sohrab’s blood, 2013
Pouya Afshar · 2013
Festival Year: 2013 Winners
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Animation
from the series Disorderly scuffled
Pouya Afshar ·
from the series Disorderly scuffled
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Film
Bentsion Kimyagarov — Film (1971)
Bentsion Kimyagarov · 1971
Bentsion Kimyagarov — Film (1971)
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Film
Bentsion Kimyagarov — Film (1976)
Bentsion Kimyagarov · 1976
Bentsion Kimyagarov — Film (1976)
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Film
Bentsion Kimyagarov — Film (1976)
Bentsion Kimyagarov · 1976
Bentsion Kimyagarov — Film (1976)
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Film
Bentsion Kimyagarov — Film (1961)
Bentsion Kimyagarov · 1961
Bentsion Kimyagarov — Film (1961)
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Fashion
Shahnameh graphic t-shirt
Zdesignzco ·
This graphic t-shirt features a design inspired by a story from the Shahnameh, where the legendary hero Rostam is fighting with one of his enemies.
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