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Genre/Form: | Illustrated works History Exhibition catalogs Pictorial works Exhibitions Expositions Ouvrages illustrés |
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Named Person: | Ṭahmāsp, Shah of Iran; Ṭahmāsp, Shah d'Iran; Ṭahmāsp, Shah of Iran; Ṭahmāsp, Shah of Iran; Safawiden. |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jon Thompson; Sheila R Canby; Asia Society. Museum,; Museo Poldi-Pezzoli,; Palazzo reale di Milano, |
ISBN: | 0878480935 9780878480937 8884915902 9788884915900 |
OCLC Number: | 53921746 |
Notes: | Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Asia Society Museum, New York, Oct. 16, 2003-Jan. 18, 2004 and at the Museo Poldi Pezzoli and Palazzo Reale, Milan, Feb. 23-June 28, 2004. |
Description: | 340 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 31 cm |
Contents: | The world of the early Safavids / Sheila R. Canby -- Building on the past: the shaping of the Safavid architecture, 1501-76 / Sussan Babaie -- Calligraphy in the Safavid period 1501-76 / Priscilla Soucek -- Safavid painting / Sheila R. Canby -- Safavid illumination / Sheila R. Canby -- Safavid bookbinding / Zeren Tanindi -- The rise of the lacquer binding / Tim Stanley -- Early Safavid metalwork / James Allan -- Safavid magic bowls / Emilie Savage-Smith -- Sixteenth-century Persian ceramics / Yolanda Crowe -- Chinese ceramics in early Safavid Iran / Regina Krahl -- Early Safavid carpets and textiles / Jon Thompson -- Through a glass darkly? Glimpses of Safavid fashions of the sixteenth century / Jennifer M. Scarce -- The horoscope of Shah Tahmasp / Sergei Tourkin. |
Other Titles: | Court arts of Safavid Iran |
Responsibility: | edited by Jon Thompson and Sheila R. Canby. |
Abstract:
This lavish catalogue documents the most opulent period of later Persian history through over one hundred twenty five superlative works of art from public and private collections in Europe, North America and Asia, including Iran. The volume, which examines pieces chosen for their exceptional quality and historical importance, includes works in all media-carpets, paintings, metalwork, ceramics, lacquer and hardstones. "Hunt for Paradise is the first exhibition catalogue to bring together these treasures from many countries in order to present a unique and comprehensive picture of the art of the Safavid court. This serious and original contribution to the study of Persian art and culture is of the highest quality and includes critical text by leading specialists in the field.
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