A bold black and red linocut print on cream craft paper. Style: thick jagged lines, heavy cross-hatching, flat graphic, no shading, high contrast. Subject: Portrait of Siavash, a young beautiful prince and heroic knight from Persian mythology (Shahnameh). Face: extremely handsome, noble, melancholic, with large almond-shaped sad eyes, innocent gaze. Long dark curly hair flowing in the wind. Wearing a simple but royal tunic with a high collar and an armband. Symbolic elements: A small halo/crown of seven stars (Corona Borealis) floating above his head, but two of the stars have fallen and are broken. At the bottom, a very simple silhouette outline of a white horse (Rakhsh) in thin hatched lines. Color: Mostly thick black lines. Only the lips, a single teardrop at the corner of the eye, and the blade of a sword faintly crossing his neck are solid red. Mood: Tragic, poetic, mythical, austere. Mehr sehen