A form of political writing (often called advice literature) shared by Christian and Muslim lands, in particular during the Middle Ages but also with notable examples in the 16-19th centuries, mirrors for princes (speculum regnum or fürstenspiegel) were a form of political writing or advice literature for future rulers. Attempting to elevate statecraft (dawla) to the same level as faith/religion (din) in the Muslim world, these guides address the delicate balance between seclusion and society, spirit and state, echoes of which we continue to find in the US, Europe and the Middle East several centuries later.
About the artist
Slavs and Tatars is a faction of polemics and intimacies devoted to an area east of the former Berlin Wall and west of the Great Wall of China known as Eurasia. The collective's work spans several media, disciplines, and a broad spectrum of cultural registers (high and low) focusing on an oft-forgotten sphere of influence between Slavs, Caucasians and Central Asians.