ARMENIAN EPOS IN SOCIAL AND COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET ERA (BY EXAMPLE OF KITSCH GOODS OF YEREVAN VERNISSAGE)
DOI: 10.23951/2312-7899-2017-2-92-108
The article is devoted to problems of interpretation and pictorial manifestation of the mystical concept farr-i izadi which was an integral part of the Mughal ideological programme. The crucial idea of this conception is to proclaim the divine origin of the Great Mughals’ power and their legal right to the heavenly patronage. Theoretical concepts and verbal formulas of farr-i izadi were visually represented in the official Royal portraits in the form of halo that adorned the head of a Mughal ruler. For allegorical portraits of the Mughal emperors were also developed more sophisticated pictorial forms.
Keywords: visual representation, divine light, king’s farr, holiness, halo, mughal painting, Great Mughals
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Issue: 2, 2017
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