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A Day In Film Museum of Iran (Tehran, Bagh-Ferdos), No.2 ; To be continued ... :)

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A Day In Film Museum of Iran (Tehran, Bagh-Ferdos), No.2 ; To be continued ... :)

Qahveh Khanehei Painting (Tea House style of painting)

Painter: Ahmad Khalili ,1380
Subject: Folk stories about Moses and the Israelites

Pardeh-dari and Pardeh-khaani are visual forms of story-telling done before a big cloth or canvas (pardeh) hung in a square, or the walls of a tea of coffee house, painted on which are the events of the story being told, which the story-teller would refer to during their recounting.
http://www.thetranslationproject.org/news/oral-storytelling-in-iran/
http://www.iranchamber.com/art/articles/qahveh_khanehei_painting.php

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saeedkhalili 16/07/2012 3:10

Thank you all friends and art enthusiasts
im saeed khalili son of Ahmad Khalili
I'm glad you noticed that his art has been ,
He died in july 13 2008
We will never forget him because he was a real man and a committed artist also a wonderful father
There are so many of his paintings in museums and we are at home .
Again, thank you all friends ...
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Vera M. Shulga 16/05/2012 20:15
Very nice photo of this painting picture.
Nice presentation.
Vera
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Nati E. 29/04/2012 4:52
Wow, this is amazing. I like it very much!
And also the interesting explanations.
Nati
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Christian Bertero 27/03/2012 21:12
I think to the painter Brughel the Old in Europe centuries ago, with so many persons present in his artistic work. This subject with Moses and the Israelites has also as historical actors the Kananei, which 'll be known a long time after, as Phoenicians.

Your tradition is wonderful to paint, before, the tea or coffee house, in realtionship with the history the public 'd be listen by the counter.

Excellent document and composition. +++++

Christian
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Sally Dunn 27/03/2012 20:40
It has a two fold purpose then, to make a wall nice and colourful and to use as a very visual storytelling aid.
There is a lot to talk about on this hanging and if it is in a tea or coffee shop you can have a drink while listening to the story!
Hugs
Sally
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Claudio Micheli 27/03/2012 13:24
yes!++++++
Ciao
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s. sabine krause 26/03/2012 16:35
what a great oral tradition! with the forever present new media digitally swamping us these days ; )), we keep forgetting about the great satisfying "analog" ways of telling a story! greetings, sabine.
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BRYAN CRUTE 26/03/2012 13:19
beautiful wall mural, and a very nice picture you have captured of it

Regards
Bryan
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Gisèle W. 26/03/2012 11:57
Very impressive !! Great composition.
Hugs, Gisèle
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Roland Scheibner 26/03/2012 11:34
...very nice...
Roland
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Alfred Schultz 26/03/2012 11:06
Too bad that today, no more stories are to be told.
But this painting also stimulates the imagination.
Salam - A.
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