An album of artists' drawings from Qajar Iran Book / edited by David J. Roxburgh ; with contributions by Trent Barnes, Mycah Braxton, Gwendolyn Collaço, Farhad Dokhani, Bronwen Gulkis, Penley Knipe, Mary McWilliams, Sarah Mirseyedi, Veronika Poier, David J. Roxburgh, Mira Xenia Schwerda, and Meredyth Winter.
Material type: TextDescription: (various pagings) illustrations ; 37 cmISBN:- 9780300229189 (hardback)
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700.942 WAD-L 5038 London art and artists guide | 700.94309043 KAT-C 61752 Culture in Nazi Germany / | 700.954 VAT-S The square and the circle of the Indian arts | 700.955 ALB 62847 An album of artists' drawings from Qajar Iran | 700.961 ART Arts & crafts of the Islamic lands : principles, materials, practice / | 700.961 BLO-G GOD is the light of the heavens and the earth : light in Islamic art and culture / | 700.961 BRO-I Islamic geometric design / |
Harvard's Qajar Album--57 folios, with nearly 150 drawings, paintings, prints, and embossed works--is a remarkably wide-ranging collection of human, animal, and floral studies; narrative compositions inspired by Persian classic literature and historical subjects; religious themes; and portraits of rulers and heroes. Because these types of works were originally created as technical materials for artists to use in their daily work, most have been lost over time as a result of repeated use and subsequent damage or disposal. This publication offers a rare opportunity not only to appreciate the ingenuity of the individual works, but also to gain a better understanding of the entire system of artistic production and exchange in 19th-century Iran. The book unites 12 essays with a beautiful full-size facsimile of the complete album. From the necessarily global story of how the album came to be housed at the Harvard Art Museums--spanning Iran, Germany, England, and the United States--to the in-depth examination of individual themes and techniques, the publication exposes a rich network of artistic influence, exchange, and innovation. In doing so, it calls on us to question what has been left out of the dominant histories of art and to consider possible alternative definitions of what can be thought of as "modern."
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