Persian Art

Image-Making in Eurasia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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In this illustrated book, nine contributors explore multifaceted aspects of art, architecture and material culture of the Persian cultural realm, encompassing West Asia, Anatolia, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia and Europe. Each chapter examines the historical, religious or scientific role of visual culture in the shaping, influencing and transforming of distinctive ‘Persian’ aesthetics across the various historical periods, ranging from pre-Islamic, medieval and early modern Islamic to modern times.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-11-30
Mått216 x 276 x 16 mm
Vikt932 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor208
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474411158

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Preface and acknowledgementsList of IllustrationsAbbreviations Note to the Reader1. The Visual Culture of Greater Iran: Some Examples of Kushano-Sasanian Art, Judith A. Lerner2. The Late Sasanian Figurative Capitals at Taq-i Bustan: Proposals Regarding Identification and Origins, Matteo Compareti3. Architecture of the Wider Persian World: From Central Asia to Western Anatolia in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, Richard Piran McClary4. From Acquisition to Display: The Reception of Chinese Ceramics in the Pre-modern Persian World, Yuka Kadoi5. Devotion and Protection: Four Amuletic Scrolls from Safavid Persia, Tobias Nünlist6. The Minarets of Hurmuzgan, Iván Szántó7. Persia, India or Indo-Persian? The Study of Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-century Knotted Pile Carpets, Raquel Santos8. The Calligraphic Art of Mishkin Qalam, Francesco Stermotich-Cappellari9. The Kashan Mihrab in Berlin: A Historiography of Persian Lustreware, Markus RitterContributorsIndex