About this title: A survey of the figural arts of the Iranian world from prehistoric times to the early-20th century, considering themes rather than styles. Primarily analyzing painting - in manuscripts and albums, on walls and on lacquered, painted pen boxes and caskets - but also the related arts of sculpture, ceramics and metalwork, the author finds that the underlying themes depicted on them through the ages are remarkably consistent. Eleanor Sims demonstrates that all these arts display similar concerns: kingship and legitimacy; the righteous exercise of princely power and the defence of national ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ Pr, Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
Description: New. 0300090389. FLAWLESS COPY-368pp-This survey of the figural arts of the Iranian world from prehistoric times to the early twentieth century considers themes rather than styles and finds that the underlying themes depicted primarily in painting, but also in sculpture, ceramics and metalwork, are very consistent. read more
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Mapin
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9788188204120ISBN:8188204129
Description: Very Good. Published, Ahmedabad-352 pages. ***This is a rare or hard to source item. Please allow 14-21 days for delivery. Book in very good condition, shipped in secure and protective packaging*** read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Yale University Press, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300090383ISBN:0300090382
Description: New in New jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. First edition. Folio. Cloth binding, 350 pp. Illustrated throughout in color. This is a superb survey of the figural arts of the Iranian world, from prehistoric times to the early 20th century. The 250 color images primarily depict paintings-in manuscripts and albums, on walls and on lacquered pen boxes and caskets-but also offer examples of sculpture, ceramics, and metalwork. Islamic art professor Eleanor Sims eschews the more typical approach of ... read more
Description: pp. 350. As New. Contents: Foreword. I. Historical survey: Introduction. 1. Pre-Islamic painting of the Iranian peoples and its sources in sculpture and the decorative arts/Boris I. Marshak. 2. The early Islamic period. 3. The medieval period. 4. The fourteenth century. 5. The fifteenth century. 6. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. 7. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. II. The primary themes of Iranian imagery: Razm u Bazm. 1. Fighting and feasting. 2. Cult and ceremony. 3. ... read more
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