Imamzadeh Shah Zeyd
32°39′05″N 51°42′06″E / 32.651389°N 51.701667°E / 32.651389; 51.701667Architecture Type Imamzadeh Style Isfahani
Imamzadeh Shah Zeyd (Persian: امامزاده شاه زید) is an imamzadeh in Isfahan, Iran. It belongs to the early Safavid era. It is well known for paintings on its walls. These paintings are about the Battle of Karbala. Cavalries are in most of the paintings, but there are also other elements such as veiled women, dead bodies, birds, mosques and even flowers and nightingales. The painter of the artworks is Abbas Shahzadeh. He has tried to use the available space as much as he can.[1]
References
- ^ Hosseyn Yaghoubi (2004). Arash Beheshti (ed.). Rāhnamā ye Safar be Ostān e Esfāhān(Travel Guide for the Province Isfahan) (in Persian). Rouzane. p. 115. ISBN 964-334-218-2.
