Swana art

Lettering practice '<n>The body of Iranian Champions</n>' by <n>Fatemeh Farhang</n> for <n>خطّ‌ِ مقدَّم</n>.

<n>Doubts</n> (2020), a sculptural rug by Azerbaijani artist <n>Faig Ahmed</n>.

<n>Untitled</n> (2014), an oil on canvas by artist <n>Bahar Caglayan</n>.

Detail of a painted wall panel from the <n>Aleppo Room</n>, created in Aleppo, Syria around 1600.

A view of the <n>Pyramids of Giza</n> and the <n>Nile River</n> in Cairo. Photo by <n>Karim Amr</n>.

<n>Silent Echoes #4</n> by artist <n>Kaveh Najafian</n>, inspired by <n>Persian miniature</n> motifs.

<n>Horoscope of Prince Iskandar</n> (1411), created for the Timurid prince by astrologer <n>Imad al-Din Mahmud al-Kashi</n>.

The facade of the <n>Shams-ol-Emareh</n> building at the <n>Golestan Palace</n> in Tehran, Iran.

A selection of playing card back designs from a <n>De La Rue</n> sample book, c. 1870.

<n>Le Simorgh et l'assemblée des oiseaux</n>, a 15th-c. miniature for <n>Farid ud-Din Attar</n>'s <n>The Conference of the Birds</n>.

A 16th-century <n>Persian miniature</n> of a <n>dervish</n> and the <n>Simorgh</n> from <n>Attar of Nishapur</n>'s poem.

From the short film project <n>Katya's Hidden Room and Materials for the Revolution!</n> by <n>Artemis is</n>.

<n>Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon</n> from the <n>Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp</n>, ca. 1530–35. Attributed to <n>Sultan Muhammad</n>.

A conceptual ancient Persian house design by artist <n>Kaveh Dadgar</n>.

A dress from the <n>Persian Collection Series</n> by <n>Celeste Design Studio</n>, with concepts by <n>Ida Rasouli Saani</n>, 2024.

A 17th-century nautilus shell carved with floral scrolls by Dutch artist <n>Cornelis Bellekin</n>.

The Roman period <n>Zeugma Mosaic of Icarus and Daedalus</n>, discovered in <n>Zeugma</n>, Turkey.

The ornate interior of the <n>Nasir al-Mulk Mosque</n> in Shiraz, Iran, completed in 1888. Photo by <n>Aida Mirzaei</n>.

A folio from <n>al-Rabghuzi</n>'s <n>Qisas al-Anbiya</n> (Stories of the Prophets), c. 1575.

A surrealist photograph by <n>Niccolo Bonfadini</n>.

The <n>Pyramids of Giza</n> in Egypt, photographed in 1962.

<n>Habiballah of Sava</n>'s painting <n>The Concourse of the Birds</n> (c. 1600), from a manuscript of <n>Farid al-Din `Attar</n>'s poem.

Details from the painting <n>Soul of the carpet</n> (2022), an <n>acrylic on canvas</n> work.