An Islamic nude sculpture!!
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Topic: An Islamic nude sculpture!!
Posted By: Cyrus Shahmiri
Subject: An Islamic nude sculpture!!
Date Posted: 15-Mar-2005 at 11:25
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Posted By: eaglecap
Date Posted: 15-Mar-2005 at 13:03
HUhhhh!!!! for shame for shame!!! Golleeeeee!!
What is the history behind it??? 
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Posted By: ihsan
Date Posted: 18-Mar-2005 at 10:43
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Where are these located? ------------- [IMG]http://img50.exs.cx/img50/6148/ger3.jpg"> Qaghan of the Vast Steppes http://steppes.proboards23.com - Steppes History Forum |
Posted By: Cyrus Shahmiri
Date Posted: 18-Mar-2005 at 10:47
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Isfahan, I think it is either Seljuk or Safavid. -------------
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Posted By: ihsan
Date Posted: 18-Mar-2005 at 11:01
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Did the Safavids build large statues like the Seljuks did? ------------- [IMG]http://img50.exs.cx/img50/6148/ger3.jpg"> Qaghan of the Vast Steppes http://steppes.proboards23.com - Steppes History Forum |
Posted By: RED GUARD
Date Posted: 25-Mar-2005 at 17:32
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You don't see that every day!
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Posted By: RED GUARD
Date Posted: 25-Mar-2005 at 17:33
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Anyways, I thought Islam discouraged nudity.
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Posted By: Kouros
Date Posted: 26-Mar-2005 at 12:15
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Those are the female pillars in 17th century safaviad persia(isfahan)
they belong to the palace of chel sutoon or the palace of forty
columns. It is also implied that the holes in their mouths were used
for fire displays symbolizing that the king was in his palace.
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Posted By: Berosus
Date Posted: 26-Mar-2005 at 20:47
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Is it possible the statue is left over from an earlier era, and a noble
with a liberal attitude chose to keep it for a decoration, rather than
destroy it? The style and subject look a little Sassanian to me.
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Posted By: Cyrus Shahmiri
Date Posted: 27-Mar-2005 at 02:51
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It can't be so much old.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 27-Mar-2005 at 12:44
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it doesnt look Islamic, i also thought that it was from a earlier period, perhaps perserved by the latter islamic dynasties. didnt the Zarostarians also believe in Angelic beings? |
Posted By: ramin
Date Posted: 27-Mar-2005 at 18:51
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well... He said Sassanid, so it is from an earlier period. Yes, Zoroastrians believed in angels.
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