Persian Art : Image-making in Eurasia
Yuka Kadoi (Author), Matteo Compareti (Contributor), Judith A. Lerner (Contributor), Richard Piran McClary (Contributor), Tobias Nünlist (Contributor), Markus Ritter (Contributor), Raquel Santos (Contributor), Francesco Stermotich-Cappellari (Contributor), Iván Szántó (Contributor)
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
eBook, English, 2022
Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2022