Krizaci - Venceslav Cerny & his Teutonic Knights novel illustrations

 Salvete Omnes,

Czech maestro Venceslav Cerny painted these plates for the Teutonic Knights novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in Bohemia/Czechia in 1920s. 

 

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Valete

Camels from Persepolis

 Salvete Omnes,

on the theme of camels in historic iconography - another does of the Iranian-Persian camel iconography - this time from the ancient Persian Achaemenid Empire -  from their imperial palace complex at Persepolis, one of the official capitals of the empire.

 

Persepolis - the powerful Apadana imagery provides us with the examples of camels - both dromedary and bactrian - led by various delegations.

Here, the delegations from Parthia, Aria, Arachosia, Arabia and Bactria lead camels in tribute to their King of Kings.

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enjoy

Valete

Pinterest and my Parthian sketches

 Salvete Omnes,

I was surfing for iconography of the ancient nomads and to my astonishment  I encountered these two images on Pinterest

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two -

the whole description and changes made to both of my sketches are ridiculous and atrocious 
I had never given any permission to the person who took them for their own design and purpose. 
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in 2016 I published my two Parthian  sketches on this blog

The sketches are attached above

..simple cases of  intellectual theft  and plagiarism 

Note, I have no issue with people taking my sketches from my blog and 'hanging' them up in the Pinterest galleries. But this type of  'taking' is odious and maliciously evil. 

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Venceslav Cerny - Czech maestro of illustration part 1

 Salvete Omnes,

I would like to bring to your attention the works of a Czech master of the Golden Age of Illustration in the West, so to speak.

Venceslav Cerny  ( Věnceslav Černý- 1865-1936) was a Czech maestro of book illustration and a prolific painter.

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more to come - perhaps it will be a surprise of sorts -:)  

valete

Camels from Timurid and early Safavid Iran & Central Asia

 Salvete Omnes 

 

 today a quick trip - astride a camel -:) - to Herat & Tabriz during the Timurid period and early Safavid Iran.

 

Both camels - Bactrian and dromedary - were  bred, milked, eaten, traded and used for riding, transport and as beast of burden in caravans within these realms.

Journey of the Prophet

Kamal-ud-din Bihzad was a courtly painter from Herat under the Tiumrid and early Safavid period -

Camels fighting

camel drummer

camel drummer

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Kasim/Qasim Ali - another paintre from Herat

from Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp - MET.

and two pages from Shahnama painted in Safavid Persian in mid XVI century - Christies.

Valete