Making of the Artist in Late Timurid Painting

Lamia Balafrej • 2019 • Edinburgh University Press

Author: Lamia Balafrej
First published: 2019
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Genres: Art · History
ISBN: 9781474437448

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This book offers a focused exploration of the role and identity of the artist within the tradition of late Timurid painting. By examining these historical creative practices, the text provides valuable insight into how artistic labor and authorship were understood during this specific period of cultural development.

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Making of the Artist in Late Timurid Painting was published in 2019 by Edinburgh University Press as a significant contribution to Islamic art history. Lamia Balafrej, an art historian specializing in the visual culture of the medieval and early modern Persianate world, wrote this monograph to re-examine the role and status of the artist within the Timurid courts of the 15th and 16th centuries. The work draws upon a detailed analysis of manuscript paintings to challenge the traditional view of the artist as an anonymous craftsman, arguing instead for a period of burgeoning artistic self-awareness.

The book explores how Timurid painters began to move beyond the constraints of workshop anonymity, incorporating portraits of their peers and self-reflexive iconography into their works. Balafrej situates this shift within the socio-political climate of the Timurid era, a time of sophisticated courtly patronage and intellectual rigor. The design and layout of the volume reflect its academic focus, prioritizing high-resolution reproductions of Persian miniatures alongside a rigorous analytical framework that examines the material conditions of art production in pre-modern Iran and Central Asia.

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