![]() Persian poets could liken everything black (tresses, eyelashes, mole, etc.) to a Hindu. ![]() The famous ḵāl-e hendū (beauty spot), mentioned in a poem by Ḥāfeẓ, belongs to this category. Black is also connected with India: From antiquity the Hindu was generally described as black. The saying that poverty, faqr, means to be “blackfaced in both worlds” was sometimes interpreted as pointing to the beauty spot that averts the evil eye from the lover’s face. Black cats play an important role in magic. As black is generally a worldly color, the nafs, the lower self, is often seen as a black dog, and the world ( donyā) is described as skillfully hiding her black legs to seduce men. To blacken a culprit’s face was a common punishment, for sīāh-rū “black-faced” meant “dishonored.” The black tresses of the beloved were likened to, or symbolized, the manifestations of this created world as contrasted to the radiance of the divine. On the other hand, black is connected with the black looks and black faces of the sinners on Doomsday. The miracle of Moses’ “white hand”( yad bayżāʾ), mentioned in the Koran (7:105), became in Persian and related traditions the symbol of prophetic power, the power of love, and transformation through love, as it is still mentioned in the poetry of Moḥammad Eqbāl (ca. White is also the garment of priests in many religions, including Zoroastrianism. ![]() White is the color of the faces of the blessed on Doomsday, and the inhabitants of paradise are dressed in white and green silk, indicating the heavenly light in which they are clad. The equation of white with noble was known in Persia and in Turkish areas as well. The importance of white is clear from the Koran where it is related, as it was in ancient Arabia, to goodness and nobility. The area of blue-green was often indeterminate, simply suggesting something dark, whereas the red-yellow hues often formed a single, light category. In earlier times color designations were not as exact as in our own. Yet they perfectly serve to express the contrasts between good, pure, radiant, on one hand, and evil, dark, and dangerous, on the other. The three basic colors are white, black, and red, although black and white are not hues in the technical sense. Sufi imagery is permeated with the experience of colors, as Henry Corbin has shown in L’homme de lumière dans le soufisme iranien. Neẓāmī’s Haft peykar is doubtlessly the most fascinating expression of the “spirit” of colors in Persian literature, and other poets, in particular Ḵāqānī, have skillfully combined allusions to and description of various colors. That is true for Islam and Persian culture, as for other areas of human understanding. Hence colors have always played a symbolic role in religion, poetry, and daily life. Use and importance of color in Persian art.Ĭolors are defined as “the attempt of light to become visible.” They act as a kind of veil through which the colorless light can be perceived. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.I. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. PDM Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0 false false This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II ( more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions ( more information). Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years and Honduras has 75 years, but they do implement the rule of the shorter term. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.
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