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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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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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Digital Art
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar riding Koon’s Balloon Dog (Red), 2021
Kiarash Khalili · 2021
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar riding Koon’s Balloon Dog (Red), 2021 — a digital art work by Kiarash Khalili.
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Digital Art
Qajar Gathering
Kiarash Khalili ·
Qajar Gathering, a digital art work by Kiarash Khalili drawn from the Shahnameh.
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Digital Art
Don't Let Rava Madar
Kiarash Khalili ·
Don't Let Rava Madar, a digital art work by Kiarash Khalili drawn from the Shahnameh.
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Digital Art
Rabee Baghshani — Untitled (1)
Rabee Baghshani ·
A digital art work by Rabee Baghshani in the Shahnameh Forever archive.
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Digital Art
Rabee Baghshani — Untitled (2)
Rabee Baghshani ·
A digital art work by Rabee Baghshani in the Shahnameh Forever archive.
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Digital Art
Rabee Baghshani — Untitled (3)
Rabee Baghshani ·
A digital art work by Rabee Baghshani in the Shahnameh Forever archive.
Added by Migrated
Digital Art
Rostam II
Siamak Filizadeh ·
From Siamak Filizadeh’s ‘Rostam II’ series — a satirical digital reimagining of the Shahnameh hero (Met Museum).
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Digital Art
Rostam II
Siamak Filizadeh ·
From Siamak Filizadeh’s ‘Rostam II’ series — a satirical digital reimagining of the Shahnameh hero (Met Museum).
↳ Rostam·Added by Migrated
Digital Art
Rostam II kills his son
Siamak Filizadeh ·
From Siamak Filizadeh’s ‘Rostam II’ series — Rostam unknowingly slays his son Sohrab, reset in a contemporary idiom.
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Rostam II gets rid of Spiderman
Siamak Filizadeh ·
From Siamak Filizadeh’s ‘Rostam II’ series — a pop-culture mash-up of the Persian hero and modern icons.
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