A. T. Adamova

Persidskie rukopisi, zhivopis’ i risunok XV – nachala XX veka. Katalog kollektsii (Persian Manuscripts, Paintings and Drawings of the 15th to the Early 20th c.: Catalogue of the [Hermitage] Collection)

St. Petersburg: Herm, 2010. sewn cl. Three chapters introduce the catalogue: a brief history of Persian painting, in which changes in style and content are followed; Russia and Iran: diplomacy and art from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, which sketches the circumstances that led to significant collections being built in Russia; Persian painting in the Hermitage, in which the author characterizes the collection pointing out the areas of excellence and those of more ordinary works. Gouache and oil works are catalogued together with drawings and lacquer paintings to give a full picture of the history of Persian figurative art. Included in the catalogue are manuscripts that do not have miniatures but do have decorative elements in their composition; sixteenth-century scrolls that were illuminated in the nineteenth century; and some works of Persian literature created outside in Central Asia but pertaining to painting traditions in Iran. 512 pp., 27 cm, 2 b-&-w illus., 827 color, sewn cl., Rus. with summary in ENGLISH and artists’ names in the original. Item #1146
ISBN: 9785935723811

Price: $182.00