Word: isfandiyar
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...most impressive of them was the final scene in the combat between Rustum, the veteran paladin, and Isfandiyar, the youthful hero. In the picture, which is considered a masterpiece of this early Persian style, the human tragedy is conveyed solely by the pose of the two figures...
Rustum is bracing his feet in the sirups, holding his bow at arm's length and his fingers taut, as he watches the fight of his shaft. Isfandiyar, pierced in the eye, is sinking forward, clutching at saddle and mane. But both faces are wholly impassive; no movement of the features was necessary to the Persian mind. None was thought worthy of the dignity of painting. The-flowery meadown is merely suggested; trees, rocks and clouds are formal conventions. But the cosmic aspect of the tragedy is announced by a great burst of organge fight in the darkness...
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