Persian Art
Image-Making in Eurasia
Herausgeber: Kadoi, Yuka
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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. Key Featu...
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. Key Features . Provides an insightful picture of the expansion of Persian visual culture across wide swathes of Asia, from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean . Considers various media including manuscript painting, portable objects, architectural traditions, building technology, science, calligraphy and carpets, from the Sasanian / early Islamic period to modern times . Offers a colourful mosaic of new research into Persian visual culture by experts with diverse disciplinary backgrounds . Presents Persian art as trans-regionally uniform in style, iconography, function and meaning Yuka Kadoi is a historian of Islamic and Asian art. She is the author and editor of many publications, including Islamic Chinoiserie: The Art of Mongol Iran (Edinburgh University Press, 2009).
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