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The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Persia
New Light on the Parthian and Sasanian Empires
The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Persia
New Light on the Parthian and Sasanian Empires
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The art of the Parthian and Sasanian empires exercised enormous influence on art and culture in the early Islamic period and its legacy has continuing relevance in modern times. Pre-Islamic stylistic developments and motifs were widely adopted in the Islamic period: traditional mosque architecture, for example, draws much from Parthian and Sasanian forms. This text brings together an international panel to assess the state of knowledge of the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sasanian empires, and their contributions cover a range of subjects relating to the art and archaeology of Iran and neighbouring countries from the 5th century BC to the 7th century AD. Previously unpublished material from excavations in Central Asia is presented, along with actual evidence of cultural continuity between ancient Persia and the modern Middle East.
Table of Contents
New archaeological research in Old Nisa, 1990-1991 - A. Invernizzi
Early Parthian coins from Margiana - A.B. Nikitin
Traces of Parthian culture in the cemetery of Tillya Tepe (Afghanistan) - V. Sarianidi
Monarchic ideas in Parthian Margiana as shown on seals - A. Bader et al
Shapur I in the east - reflections from his victory reliefs - Georgina Herrmann
The representation of foreign peoples on the rock relief Bishapur II. An iconographic and historical problem - Hubertus von Gall
Studies in Sasanian prosopography III: Barm-i Dilak. Symbolism of offering flowers - A. Shapur Shahbazi
Sasanian silver vessels: recent developments - P.O. Harper
"Fire altars" and Astodans - Dietrich Huff
The decoration of some late Sasanian silver vessels and its subject-matter - B.I. Marshak
A newly located Kushano-Sasanian silver plate: the origin of the royal hunt on horseback for two male lions on "Sasanian" silver plates - Katsumi Tanabe
The Sasanian princes at Bamiyan - A.D.H. Bivar
Excavations at Paikend - G.L. Semenov
Iranian traditions in Sogdian temple architecture - V. Shkoda
From Ctesiphon to Nishapur: studies in Sasanian and Islamic glass - Jens Kroger
Carved stone from the Hadramawt in Yemen - is it Sasanian? - E.J. Keall
Muqarnas: remarques sur la conception geometrique et les origines architecturales - H. Laleh
Sasanian and Achaemenid revivals in Qajar art - Judith Lerner
Central Asia metalwork in the pre-mongol period - A.A. Ivanov
The repetition of compositions and the problem of the identification of artists in Persian painting - A. Adamova
Minstrels in ancient Iran - Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis
Sasanian motifs and early Islamic metalwork - Abdullah Ghuchani
Product details
| Published | Jul 18 2022 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 240 |
| ISBN | 9781788316507 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Illustrations | 140 bw, 32pp mono plates |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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