Persian Art Image-making in Eurasia

Explores the pictorial, material and technological richness of the Persian worldIn 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...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Kadoi, Yuka
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Zusammenfassung:
Explores the pictorial, material and technological richness of the Persian worldIn 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.Key FeaturesProvides an insightful picture of the expansion of Persian visual culture across wide swathes of Asia, from the Indian Ocean to the MediterraneanConsiders various media including manuscript painting, portable objects, architectural traditions, building technology, science, calligraphy and carpets, from about the third century AD to modern timesOffers a colourful mosaic of new research into Persian visual culture by experts with diverse disciplinary backgroundPresents Persian art as trans-regionally uniform in style, iconography, function and meaningBeautifully illustrated with colour and black and white imagesContributorsMatteo ComparetiYuka KadoiJudith A. LernerRichard Piran McClaryTobias NünlistMarkus RitterRaquel SantosFrancesco Stermotich-CappellariIván Szántó
Umfang:
1 online resource (200 p.) 34 B/W illustrations 16 colour illustrations
ISBN:
9781474469685
DOI:
10.1515/9781474469685
Schlagworte:
Art / Iran / History / Congresses
Art, Iranian / History / Congresses
Islamic Studies
ARCHITECTURE / History / General
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