Plato As a Musician. As in Plato, dreams, music, and philosophy are often inseparable in Islamic perceptual culture and Plato often acts as a parable of this connection in Islamic painting.
Plato as a Musician. India, Mughal Empire, circa 1600; border: Iran, Qajar, 19th century. As in Plato, dreams, music, and philosophy are often inseparable in Islamic perceptual culture and Plato often acts as a parable of this connection in Islamic painting.
Bildquelle: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, from the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection (M.80.6.7). Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper. Copyright: bpk / Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY / Staff Photographer