Curtis, John,  1946- <br/><br/>
Epic Iran :  5000 years of culture / 
 Epic Iran :  five thousand years of culture  5000 years of culture  Five thousand years of culture 
John Curtis, Ina Sarikhani Sandmann, Tim Stanley. 
 - 336 pages :  illustrations (chiefly color), color map, portraits ;  30 cm 
<br/><br/> Published to accompany the exhibition Epic Iran at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, from 13 February 2021 to 30 August 2021. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-322) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781851779291 (hbk.) 1851779299 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art, Iranian--Exhibitions.<br/>Art, Islamic--Iran--Exhibitions.<br/>Art, Iranian--20th century--Exhibitions.<br/>Art, Iranian--21st century--Exhibitions.<br/>Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian--Exhibitions.<br/>Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic--Iran--Exhibitions.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Iran--History--Exhibitions.<br/>Iran--Civilization--Exhibitions.