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Book Art and Architectural Traditions of India and Iran

Download or read book Art and Architectural Traditions of India and Iran written by Nasir Raza Khan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive overview of the historical and cultural linkages between India and Iran in terms of art and architectural traditions and their commonality and diversity. It addresses themes such as early connections between Iran, India and Central Asia; study of the Qutb Complex in Delhi; the great immigration of Turks from Asia to Anatolia; the collaboration of Indian and Persian painters; design, ornamentation techniques and regional dynamics; women and public spaces in Shahjahanabad and Isfahan; the noble-architects of emperor Shah Jahan's reign; development of Kashmir’s Islamic religious architecture in the medieval period; role of Nur Jahan and her Persian roots in the evolution of the Mughal Garden; synthesis of Indo-Iranian architecture; and confluence of Indo-Persian food culture to showcase the richness of art, architecture, and sociocultural and political exchanges between the two countries. Bringing together a wide array of perspectives, it delves into the roots of connection between India and Iran over centuries to understand its influence and impact on the artistic and cultural genealogy and the shared past of two of the oldest civilizations and regional powers of the world. With its archival sources, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of medieval history, Indian history, international relations, Central Asian history, Islamic studies, Iranian history, art and architecture, heritage studies, cultural studies, regional studies, and South Asian studies as well as those interested in the study of sociocultural and religious exchanges.

Book The Spirit of Indian Painting

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  • Author : B. N. Goswamy
  • Publisher : National Geographic Books
  • Release : 2016-08-16
  • ISBN : 0500239509
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Spirit of Indian Painting written by B. N. Goswamy and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wonderful . . . A book to make both layman and connoisseur alike realize why pre-modern Indian painting is one of the great arts of the world.” —Neil MacGregor Through close encounters with over a hundred carefully selected works, spanning nearly a thousand years, and ranging from Jain manuscripts and Pahari and Mughal miniatures to Company School paintings, B. N. Goswamy unlocks the many treasures that lie within Indian painting. In an illuminating introduction, and as Goswamy relates the stories behind each work and deciphers the visual vocabulary and language of the painters, he brings to life the cultural, social, and political milieu in which they were created. Lavishly illustrated, and combining erudition with great storytelling, The Spirit of Indian Painting reveals the beauty of this richly varied body of work in a new and brilliant light.

Book From the Black Sea Through Persia and India

Download or read book From the Black Sea Through Persia and India written by Edwin Lord Weeks and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Art of India and Persia

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  • Author : Anis Farooqi
  • Publisher : Delhi : B.R. Pub.
  • Release : 1979
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 124 pages

Download or read book Art of India and Persia written by Anis Farooqi and published by Delhi : B.R. Pub.. This book was released on 1979 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Art and Architecture of Persia

Download or read book The Art and Architecture of Persia written by Giovanni Curatola and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the area now known as Iran, but often still referred to as Persia, spans millennia, boasting a rich and complex artistic and cultural legacy. Populated since prehistoric times--thus making it one of the most animated and lively areas of Islamic civilization--this region was home to the first powerful empire (lead by Cyrus the Great during the Achaemenid dynasty) and influenced the aesthetic grammar of a large portion of central Asia, including Armenia, Georgia, and India. Beginning with ancient Iranian civilizations in 500 BC, through the Islamic period, and on to modern-day Iran, The Art and Architecture of Persia explores the common characteristics and thematic threads running through Persian art. The book presents its readers with archaeological landscapes, monuments, sculptures, carpets, and dazzling ornaments and art objects from this stunning artistic milieu. The text takes as its subject the most fascinating and unusual facets of the Persian artistic experience in all its phases, with a particular focus on post-Hellenic culture, namely late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The Art and Architecture of Persia investigates how the examined regions were incubators of specific artistic developments and identifies how the Iranian passage along the Silk Route acted as a bridge between distant lands for trade and also facilitated the dissemination of religious and material culture. The two authors, Giovanni Curatola and Gianroberto Scarcia, write in an engaging, refreshingly accessible manner, catering to both the specialist and the novice wishing to immerse themselves in this captivating region and its art. Author Scarcia helms the first part of the book, covering the erafrom the Achaemenids to the Sassanids, examining the great architecture from Persepolis onward, while also addressing the powerful metalwork produced by these cultures. The second part, by Curatola, explores the Islamic period, when architectural decoration moved into the forefront with brilliant chromatic effects etched onto massive built works. The same colors bloom throughout the other arts, including carpets and miniature paintings. Dynamic and absorbing, the text and its more than 200 color photos will take readers on a virtual tour of this region and the art it has produced over the millennia.

Book Art from India and Persia

Download or read book Art from India and Persia written by Anderson Galleries, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Persian Miniature Painting and Its Influence on the Art of Turkey and India

Download or read book Persian Miniature Painting and Its Influence on the Art of Turkey and India written by Norah M. Titley and published by London : British Library. This book was released on 1983 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Iran and the Deccan

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  • Author : Keelan Overton
  • Publisher : Indiana University Press
  • Release : 2020-06-02
  • ISBN : 025304894X
  • Pages : 466 pages

Download or read book Iran and the Deccan written by Keelan Overton and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1400s, Iranian elites began migrating to the Deccan plateau of southern India. Lured to the region for many reasons, these poets, traders, statesmen, and artists of all kinds left an indelible mark on the Islamic sultanates that ruled the Deccan until the late seventeenth century. The result was the creation of a robust transregional Persianate network linking such distant cities as Bidar and Shiraz, Bijapur and Isfahan, and Golconda and Mashhad. Iran and the Deccan explores the circulation of art, culture, and talent between Iran and the Deccan over a three-hundred-year period. Its interdisciplinary contributions consider the factors that prompted migration, the physical and intellectual poles of connectivity between the two regions, and processes of adaptation and response. Placing the Deccan at the center of Indo-Persian and early modern global history, Iran and the Deccan reveals how mobility, liminality, and cultural translation nuance the traditional methods and boundaries of the humanities.

Book Paintings and Drawings of Persia and India

Download or read book Paintings and Drawings of Persia and India written by John Frederick Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wonder of the Age

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  • Author : John Guy
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 1588394301
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book Wonder of the Age written by John Guy and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2011 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 28, 2011-Jan. 8, 2012.

Book The Arts of Persia and Mohammedan India

Download or read book The Arts of Persia and Mohammedan India written by Pasadena Art Museum and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Technologies of the Image

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  • Author : David J. Roxburgh
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2017-01-01
  • ISBN : 0300229194
  • Pages : 193 pages

Download or read book Technologies of the Image written by David J. Roxburgh and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -This catalogue accompanies the exhibition Technologies of the Image: Art in 19th-Century Iran, on view at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from August 26, 2017 through January 7, 2018.-

Book Persian Paintings in the India Office Library

Download or read book Persian Paintings in the India Office Library written by India Office Library and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Golden Age of Persian Art 1501 1722

Download or read book The Golden Age of Persian Art 1501 1722 written by Sheila Canby and published by . This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The golden age of Persian art was the era of the Safavid dynasty. In this time of dynamic religious and political developments, painting and textiles achieved new heights of brilliance and opulence, and architecture flourished with the growth of cities. This resplendent volume provides a chronological history of the reign of each successive Safavid shah, including that of Shah 'Abbas I, who came to the throne in 1588. He not only built grand mosques and palaces, but also welcomed foreign travelers -- and their artistic influences -- to his court. The superb illustrations complement a much-needed text by a leading scholar in the field. This volume is sure to become a standard reference on this sublime period in Persian painting, architecture, illuminated manuscripts, ceramics, metalwork, and other decorative arts.

Book The Arts of Persia from the Nineth to the Nineteenth Centuries Including Mohammedan India

Download or read book The Arts of Persia from the Nineth to the Nineteenth Centuries Including Mohammedan India written by Pasadena Art Institute (Estados Unidos) and published by . This book was released on with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Studies in Persian Art

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  • Author : Basil William Robinson
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1993
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 400 pages

Download or read book Studies in Persian Art written by Basil William Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last forty years, Basil Robinson has established a reputation as a leading authority on the art of Persia. His work on Persian manuscript illumination represents one of the most important contributions made in this century to the study of the development of this pivotal branch of Islamic art, which absorbed the influence of Arab and Chinese painting, and influenced in turn the miniature painting of Mughal India. This first volume concentrates on Persian painting. Seven papers examine the general evolution of painting in Persia from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries, "mostly preserved in manuscript illumination, with emphasis on that most characteristic of Persian manuscripts, "the Shah-Nameh, the national epic. Particular attention is paid to the Timurid period and the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Four reviews of exhibitions of Persian art follow. Thirteen studies are devoted to a later period, the school of painting that arose under the Qajar rulers, when Persian art flourished in such new and diverse media as oil painting and painted enamels. Vol I Contents: Preface A Survey of Persian Painting 1350-1896 Persian Painting and the National Epic Persian Miniatures and Manuscripts Persian Miniatures of the 16th and 17th Centuries Shah Abbas and the Mughal Ambassador Khan Alam: the Pictorial Record Areas of Controversy in Islamic Painting Book Illustration in Transoxiana: the Timurid Period Some Modern Persian Miniatures Persian Miniatures at the British Museum Persian Painting: A Loan Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum Persian Miniature Painting from Collections in the British Isles Qajar Art: An Introduction The Court Painters of Fath Ali Shah The Amery Collection of Persian Oil Paintings Persian Royal Portraiture and the Qajars Some Thoughts on Qajar Lacquer Qajar Lacquer Persian Lacquer in the Bern Historical Museum Persian Lacquer and the Bern Historical Museum Casket A Pair of Royal Book-Covers A Lacquer Mirror Case of 1854 Qajar Painted Enamels A Royal Qajar Enamel The Tehran Nizami of 1848 and other Qajar Illustrated Books Inde.

Book The Miniature Painting and Painters of Persia  India and Turkey  From the 8th to the 18th Century  Vol  1  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Miniature Painting and Painters of Persia India and Turkey From the 8th to the 18th Century Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Fredrik Robert Martin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Miniature Painting and Painters of Persia, India and Turkey, From the 8th to the 18th Century, Vol. 1 I have also to thank Professor T. W. Arnold for the extreme care he has exercised in transliterating the Oriental names in a systematic manner. Many of my readers in France, Germany and elsewhere will perhaps have a difficulty in recognising many of the names, but Professor Arnold has so far as possible utilised the system adopted by the International Congress of Orientalists at Geneva in which I hope will, in future, come into more general use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.