The Culmination of a Trend: ‘Depraved Man Commits Bestiality’
The Culmination of a Trend: ‘Depraved Man Commits Bestiality’
This chapter returns to the Safavid painting ‘Depraved Man Commits Bestiality’, discussed in the Introduction, in order to decipher the significance of the enigmatic figure-types in their maturity, seven decades after their first appearance and after the dramatic changes in the politico-religious life of the region. Analysing the subject matter of the painting as a portmanteau of the content in Jami’s text together with a contemporary royal dictum from Shah Tahmasp, the interpretation of the figure-types demonstrates their appropriation by the Safavid programme of legitimacy and their convergence with the official ideology of the Imami creed.
Keywords: Jami, Safavid, Depraved Man, ideology, Imami creed
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