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Epic Iran : 5000 years of culture / John Curtis, Ina Sarikhani Sandmann, Tim Stanley.

By: Curtis, John, 1946- [author.]
Contributor(s): Stanley, Tim [author.] | Sandmann, Ina Sarikhani [author.] | Victoria and Albert Museum [host institution.]
Publisher: London : V&A Publishing, 2021Description: 336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map, portraits ; 30 cm.Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781851779291 (hbk.); 1851779299Other title: Epic Iran : five thousand years of culture | 5000 years of culture | Five thousand years of cultureSubject(s): Art, Iranian -- Exhibitions | Art, Islamic -- Iran -- Exhibitions | Art, Iranian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions | Art, Iranian -- 21st century -- Exhibitions | Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Exhibitions | Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic -- Iran -- Exhibitions | Iran -- History -- Exhibitions | Iran -- Civilization -- Exhibitions
Contents:
Introduction / Tim Stanley -- Emerging Iran: silent treasures from the dawn of history / John Curtis -- The Persian Empire / John Curtis -- Last of the ancient empires: the Iranian Renaissance / John Curtis-- Change of faith: the advent of Islam / Tim Stanley-- The Iranian synthesis: an identity reborn / Tim Stanley -- Literary excellence / Tim Stanley -- Royal patronage / Tim Stanley -- The old and the new / Tim Stanley -- Modern and contemporary Iran / Ina Sarikhani Sandmann.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Coins and Medals Shelves DO R CUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00091009
Book Book British Museum Middle East Shelves 1409F (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available ME000000022578
Total holds: 0

Published to accompany the exhibition Epic Iran at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, from 13 February 2021 to 30 August 2021.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-322) and index.

Introduction / Tim Stanley -- Emerging Iran: silent treasures from the dawn of history / John Curtis -- The Persian Empire / John Curtis -- Last of the ancient empires: the Iranian Renaissance / John Curtis-- Change of faith: the advent of Islam / Tim Stanley-- The Iranian synthesis: an identity reborn / Tim Stanley -- Literary excellence / Tim Stanley -- Royal patronage / Tim Stanley -- The old and the new / Tim Stanley -- Modern and contemporary Iran / Ina Sarikhani Sandmann.