Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This video highlights recent scientific analysis of the illustrations on the fourteen Great Mongol Shahnama folios in the National Museum of Asian Art’s collections. Scientists used different forms of light to learn more about the pigment composition of the paintings and the creative process of Persian artists in the 1330s. They also identified possible alterations that may have been made centuries later.
https://asia.si.edu/mongol-shahnama/
This video highlights recent scientific analysis of the illustrations on the fourteen Great Mongol Shahnama folios in the National Museum of Asian Art’s collections. Scientists used different forms of light to learn more about the pigment composition of the paintings and the creative process of Persian artists in the 1330s. They also identified possible alterations that may have been made centuries later.
https://asia.si.edu/mongol-shahnama/
