Persian Art

Splendors of Iran's artistic and cultural heritageBy Vladimir Lukonin, Anatoly Ivanov
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Housed in the Hermitage Museum along with other institutes, libraries, and museums in Russia and the republics of the former Soviet Union are some of the most magnificent treasures of Persian Art. For the most part, many of these works have been lost, but have been catalogued and published here for the first time with an unsurpassed selection of colour plates. In a comprehensive introduction, Vladimir Lukonin, Director of the Oriental Art section of the Hermitage Museum, and his colleague Anatoli Ivanov have broadly documented the major developments of Persian Art: from the first signs of civilisation on the plains of Iran around the 10thcentury BCE through the early 20th century. In the second part of the book they have catalogued Persian Art giving locations, origins, descriptions, and artist biographies where available. Persian Art demonstrates a common theme which runs through the art of the region over the past three millennia. Despite many religious and political upheavals, Persian Art whether in its architecture, sculpture, frescoes, miniatures, porcelain, fabrics, or rugs; whether in the work of the humble craftsmen or the high art of court painters displays the delicate touch and subtle refinement which has had a profound influence on art throughout the world.

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Length10 hrs 31 mins
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Publish dateJun 30, 2012
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Vladimir Lukonin & Anatoly Ivanov Vladimir Lukonin & Anatoly Ivanov
2Authors: Vladimir Lukonin and Anatoli Ivanov
3Persian Art: From Antiquity to the 19th Century
4Interior of Blue Mosque. Isfahan, Iran.
5Persian carpets (detail).
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6Khaju Bridge. Isfahan, Iran.
7Persian carpet.
8Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque. Isfahan, Iran.
9Manuscript frontispiece, c. 1340.
10Scythians in any way.
11Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque. Isfahan, Iran.
12Persian carpet.
13Imam Mosque. Isfahan, Iran.
14Minaret of Imam Mosque. Isfahan, Iran.
15Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque. Isfahan, Iran.
16Imam Mosque. Isfahan, Iran.
17Portal and minarets, Masjid-e-Jameh Yazd. Yazd, Iran.
18The Gate of All Nations, c. 470 BCE. Persepolis, Iran.
19Bas-relief with Persian soldiers.
20Imam Mosque. Isfahan, Iran.
21Persian carpets.
22Apadana Palace, c. 530 BCE. Persepolis, Iran.
23figurative art over this period.
24Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque. Isfahan, Iran.
25Ancient city of Yazd, Iran.
26Miniature painting.
27manufacture of bronze (brass) ware in the eastern regions of Iran.
28Bowl, late 12th to early 13th centuries. Iran. Bronze. Khalili Collection.
29The Lost Treasures
30Bibliography: Lukonin 1977a, pp. 46, 47.
31Bibliography: Lukonin 1977b, p. 40.
32Bibliography: Lukonin 1971, p. 10; Maslenitsyna 1975, p. 178, ill. 5.
33Bibliography: Lukonin 1971, p. 4; Lukonin 1977b, p. 12.
34Bibliography: Maslenitsyna 1975, p. 71, ill. 56; Lukonin 1977b, p. 46.
35Only one other free-standing Achaemenid sculpture of a riding
36Bibliography: Smirnov 1909, No. 15.
37Bibliography: Artamonov 1973, p. 187, ill. 240; Oriental Jewellery 1984, No. 6.
38Bibliography: Lukonin 1971, p. 14.
39Bibliography: Shileiko 1925, No. 1.
40Bibliography: Lukonin 1971, pp. 15, 16.
41Bibliography: Lukonin 1977b, p. 88.
42Bibliography: Lukonin 1977b, p. 87; Oriental Jewellery 1984, No. 20.
43Bibliography: Kinzhalov 1959, pp. 197-204.
44Bibliography: Lukonin 1977b, pp. 128-132.
45Bibliography: Lukonin 1977b, p. 134.
46Bibliography: Kibalchich 1910; Rayevskaya 1971, pp. 263-268.
47the Great’s collection of gems.
48Bibliography: Lukonin 1977b, p. 157.
49Bibliography: Borisov and Lukonin 1963, p. 95, No. 122.
50feature in the portraits on the kilik.

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