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Minimal Shahnameh
Combination of literature and visual art.
This project include: A book plus collection of 67 pieces of paintings, by Persian author and painter, Jabbar Farshbaf.

The book
of Minimal Shahnameh, include short stories of the entire Persian Shahname Ferdowsi along with images of Shahnameh paintings. Each story visualized by a painting. Linking images with the written content makes readers enjoying the vivid scenes of the stories while reading.

The paintings
are titled as each story of the book. The artist’s exceptional drawing technique and his uses of naive colors and writing the name of some special characters on the canvas makes each piece of painting more story telling style and at the same time completely modern and unique in this genre and category.