The Arts of Persia
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1989. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; (x) 334 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. VG / VG. Item #128085
ISBN: 0300039875
Persian art with its detailed ornamentation, use of color, floral decoration, balanced patterns, landscape imagery, and intricate craftsmanship includes some of the most beautiful works of art ever created. For the first time within a single volume, these various aspects of the arts of Persia are discussed in an interrelated and complementary manner. The twenty international experts who have contributed to this volume offer a detailed analysis of their various subjects whole also relating them to the political and economic issues of the time. The book begins with a cultural and historical survey through the centuries, providing a context within which to discuss the arts. It then deals with the pre-Islamic era, from 7000 BC through the prehistoric period to the court art of the Achaemenians, the buildings, statuary, and stucco of the Parthians, and the rock carvings and silverwork of the Sasanians. It goes on to discuss the Islamic period, describing a wide range of arts, including architecture, carpets, textiles, metalwork, coins, painting, arts of the book, lacquer work, ceramics, tile work, glass, and calligraphy. Contents as follows: Early art / C. Hill -- Art of the Achaemenians / M. Roaf -- Art of the Parthians / E. Keal -- Art of the Sasanians / G. Hermann -- Architecture / R. Hillenbrand -- Some vernacular buildings of the plateau / E. Beazley -- Carpets / J. Housego -- Textiles / J. Allgrove McDowell -- Metalwork / J. Allan -- Jewellery / R.W. Ferrier -- Coins / H. Michell-Brown -- Painting / E. Grube, Eleanor Sims -- Painting in the post Safavid period / B.W. Robinson -- Arts of the book / Barbara Brend -- Lacquerwork / L. Diba -- Ceramics / M. Rogers -- Tilework / J. Scarce -- Glass / R. Charleston -- Calligraphy / A. Schimmel.
OCLC: 19514545
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