The Artworks of Nilgun Akyol

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five woman Nilgun Akyol

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daydream2 Nilgun Akyol

homage to Matisse

portrait of shahmaran Nilgun Akyol

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Anatolian mythology, the goddess of wisdom and the guardian of secrets is Shahmeran, an anthropomorphic figure with a female head on a snake body. Her story can be traced from the Middle East to India with different fictions, one variation is also found in the Arabian Night Tales as the story of Jem...

Shahmaran with Guernica.1 Nilgun Akyol

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Nilgun Akyol - Shahmaran with Guernica.1

Fantasy

Anatolian mythology, the goddess of wisdom and the guardian of secrets is Shahmeran, an anthropomorphic figure with a female head on a snake body. Her story can be traced from the Middle East to India with different fictions, one variation is also found in the Arabian Night Tales as the story of Jem...

Shahmaran with Guernica.2 Nilgun Akyol

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Nilgun Akyol - Shahmaran with Guernica.2

Fantasy

Anatolian mythology, the goddess of wisdom and the guardian of secrets is Shahmeran, an anthropomorphic figure with a female head on a snake body. Her story can be traced from the Middle East to India with different fictions, one variation is also found in the Arabian Night Tales as the story of Jem...

shahmaran's hope Nilgun Akyol

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Anatolian mythology, the goddess of wisdom and the guardian of secrets is Shahmeran, an anthropomorphic figure with a female head on a snake body. Her story can be traced from the Middle East to India with different fictions, one variation is also found in the Arabian Night Tales as the story of Jem...

shahmaran's world Nilgun Akyol

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Shahmaran with Guernica's mother Nilgun Akyol

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Nilgun Akyol - Shahmaran with Guernica-s mother

Fantasy

“Shahmaran” is derived from the Persian Shah-i Maran and means “King of the Serpents”. Shahmaran was a composite mythological creature with the body of a serpent and the head of a man. His real name was said to be “Yemliya”. He dwelt in a cave in a lush, paradisiacal garden. He sat on a throne of b...