The blending and dissemination of art is closely related to the larger context of ... became prominent features of Persian miniatures. Textile motifs traveled rapidly in both directions on the Silk ...

With dreamlike imagery and bold patterns, contemporary Iranian artists have reinterpreted the Persian miniature tradition.

Murat Palta makes a splash in the Turkish art world by imagining how a 16th-century Ottoman miniaturist would depict the ...

Their deep grief for their beloved has been depicted perfectly in this Persian miniature painting. He is recognized as the most important modernizing influence in miniatures. His name has been ...

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Painting miniatures is a good, chill time. Since I picked the hobby back up in 2017 I’ve spent hundreds of hours away from my screens, listening to good music and great podcasts. And ...

Experts don’t know who commissioned the altarpiece or who is depicted in the center panel, but they know that the other lateral panel was a miniature painting of Saint Catherine of Alexandria ...

In 2015, on Japan’s forested island of Yakushima, a male macaque jumped up onto the back of a female sika deer and started trying to mate with it. At the time, researchers believed that the male ...

Today, we bring you a new installment of our focus challenges, in which we ask you to spend uninterrupted time looking at one piece of art. We’ll now feature these on the first Monday of each ...

Charlie Hall is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 12-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, strategy, and spacefaring games, as well as public policy. Linger in the ...