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Hey you! Yeah you...Like the Arthurian cycle? Spend your nights cackling at Book of Hours illuminations like a... monster or something? Well feast your eyes on: Saracen & Satyr A comic project I've been hammering away at... #medievalart #kingarthur #arthurian #occult yasharbezem.com/saracen/

Today marks the Spring Equinox, known as Nowruz/Nevruz in the Iranic and Turkic worlds. You might be familiar with how Iranians celebrate it but among the Bektashis, it is commemorated as the birthday of the primordial saint, Ali; the coming of Spring and the renewal of the world more generally

So I want to talk a little bit about this painting I made a couple of years ago. It depicts a dazzling scene in Anatolian Sufi mythology and is emblematic of the kinds of images one can expect in Medieval Sufi narratives. Full explanation in the comments 👇 #art #skystorians

Frustrated, he demands to speak with the covenant head. They relent and bring him to Abdal Musa (the man in the painting). They argue back and forth before the Abdal finally raises his arm and asks "Look well Gaybi, is this your arrow", revealing the arrow he shot.

So I want to talk a little bit about this painting I made a couple of years ago. It depicts a dazzling scene in Anatolian Sufi mythology and is emblematic of the kinds of images one can expect in Medieval Sufi narratives. Full explanation in the comments 👇 #art #skystorians

This piece is called "Gaybi's Arrow" (Gayni'nın oku). That's what the Ottoman script I made on top says. Gaybi was the son of Bey (kind of a feudal lord) in Antalya. Out on a hunting trip, he tracks and pursues a deer.

So I want to talk a little bit about this painting I made a couple of years ago. It depicts a dazzling scene in Anatolian Sufi mythology and is emblematic of the kinds of images one can expect in Medieval Sufi narratives. Full explanation in the comments 👇 #art #skystorians

Totally dependent on God, often itinerant and openly eschewing good reputation. Think of them as kind of religious anarchists. What more, their proximity to the divine imbdued many with "keramet" (a kind of thaumaturgy). In these types of hagiographies, a person will often encounter such an Abdal,

So I want to talk a little bit about this painting I made a couple of years ago. It depicts a dazzling scene in Anatolian Sufi mythology and is emblematic of the kinds of images one can expect in Medieval Sufi narratives. Full explanation in the comments 👇 #art #skystorians

An addition to my "Ottoman Vogue" series where I draw women in a style inspired by both early 20th century fashion magazines with Persianate artistic flourishes. Title: "And your body knows every tongue" |وجسمك يعرف كل اللغات), taken from an erotic poem by Nizar Qabbani #illustration #calligraphy

Some Ink, gouache and pencil drawings I made last year as part of my "Ottoman Vogue" series. I had discovered various Vogue inspired magazines circulating in the late Ottoman Empire and then did my own fashion illustrations with some subtle Persian miniature inspired motifs. #illustration

"St. George" by Bezem Ink, gouache and pencil on paper Most are familiar with the image of Saint George slaying a dragon but fewer artworks depict his status as a suffering saint. My George is depicted here, disrobed, vulnerable yet defiant. An oriental Saint draped in crimson.. #medievalart