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This drawing, by the Ottoman painter Şahkulu, of a dragon entangled in swirling foliage under attack from a lion above while assaulting a phoenix is certainly the greatest masterpiece of the saz style. Now housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art [6668×2939]

September 18, 2024

This drawing, by the Ottoman painter Şahkulu, of a dragon entangled in swirling foliage under attack from a lion above while assaulting a phoenix is certainly the greatest masterpiece of the saz style. Now housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art [6668×2939]

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Fuckoff555 on September 18, 2024 10:37 am

[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saz_style](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saz_style)
armintiric on September 18, 2024 10:38 am

That’s an amazing piece of art. I wonder what it would look like if it was in color?
detroit_canicross on September 18, 2024 10:57 am

Beautiful. I just read the Wikipedia entry on Saz style and now I know about something I’d never heard about yesterday. I love this sub.

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This drawing, by the Ottoman painter Şahkulu, of a dragon entangled in swirling foliage under attack from a lion above while assaulting a phoenix is certainly the greatest masterpiece of the saz style. Now housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art [6668×2939]

[1674×1080] Specially constructed Army shoe for David M. Dotson, 37th Tennessee Regiment, CSA, who lost his foot in the Battle of Franklin. The shoe was specifically designed to accommodate him. Circa 1864.

Remains of wall painting in church of Sant Climent de Pal in Andorra. It was built in the 11th or 12th century and then again in the 17th or 18th century [3696 × 2448]

Fresco of St. Christopher Carrying Baby Jesus on His Shoulder, Trent Cathedral [1920×1080]

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