Author

Publication

2018 - Edinburgh University Press

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781474411158
  • ISBN-101474411150
  • OCLC Control Number988299414
  • Better World Books9781474411158
  • Open LibraryOL28881641M

Classifications

  • LCCN7280
  • LCCN7280 .P385 2018

Description

"Explores the pictorial, material and technological richness of the Persian world. 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"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Persian Art: Image-Making in Eurasia, 600-1900Edinburgh University Press2018-01-01

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