Zhivopis' Irana XIII – XIX veka (Iranian Painting 13th – 19th Centuries)
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2024. Sewn cl. Beautifully produced with many full-page illustrations, this catalogue presents the Hermitage’s rich collection of Iranian painting built over centuries of diplomatic, political and artistic relations with its near neighbor to the south. The author traces the development of styles in different parts of Iran and outlines how the collection was built. Section headings: Age of monumental painting; Pre-Mongol period: 12th to early 13th c: wall paintings, images on ceramics, illustrated manuscripts; Mongol period (1256–1335): illustrated mss., Khans, Tabriz, Abu Sa'id's Shahnama, Shahnamas of the 1330s and 40s; Mid and late 14th c.: Tabriz and Baghdad. Khwaju Kirmani's Masnavi's manuscript; Art of the book and book illustration, high art of the period; first half of the 15th c.: Shiraz, Herat, Prince Baysunghur's Shahnama, Tabriz, Istanbul albums; second half of the 15th c.: Herat, Bihzad, Tabriz, Nizami' Khusrau and Shirin; first half of the 16th c.: Tabriz, Shah Tahmasp's Shahnama; Easel paintings, 16th –17th : Kazvin and Isfahan, Paintings and drawings on single sheets, Europeanizing style; 18th – early 19th centuries: Istahan, Shiraz, Tehran, Tabriz: schools, Qajar style; Art of albums: St. Petersburg Muraqqa: history of its study, reconstruction, date of compilation and patron, list of subjects. 324 p., 29 cm, approx. 300 color illus., Rus. with title page and summary in ENGLISH. Item #4815
ISBN: 9785907653542
Price: $172.00