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    Glorious Beasts in Persian Painting

    Glorious Beasts in Persian Painting

    Presented by Museum of Fine Arts. Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston

    August 22, 2009-April 11, 2010

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    Using selections from the Museum’s collection of Persian paintings for inspiration, Conley Harris, an artist and collector of Indian and Persian art, has created six interpretative works depicting a continuing theme in Persian paintings: animals and landscape. Displayed beside the Museum’s 15th- through 17th-century paintings in the Islamic Corridor, “Glorious Beasts in Persian Paintings” emphasizes unique aspects of Persian painting including history, techniques, and traditions. Responding to a 16th-century manuscript depicting a hunting scene, Harris created High-spirited Horseman, shown above, a vibrant painting intended to “simultaneously evoke the original’s elegance and designed confusion…Everything is layered, all the colors are heightened and the action blurred by the raging chaos of battle.”


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        Museum of Fine Arts Boston

        465 Huntington Ave
        Boston, MA 02115

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        Tickets: Members Free Adults $20 Seniors and Students 18 and older $18 Youths 6 and under Free Youths 7-17, weekdays before 3 pm $7.50* *Youths 7-17 admitted free on weekdays after 3 pm, weekends, and public school holidays

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        Dates:
        August 22, 2009-April 11, 2010

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        Mon, Tues, Sat, Sun: 10-4:45 pm
        Wed, Thurs, Fri: 10-9:45 pm

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