Revealing the unseen : new perspectives on Qajar art / papers from a symposium organised by Gwenaëlle Fellinger and Carol Guillaume ; edited by Gwenaëlle Fellinger ; with Melanie Gibson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fellinger, Gwenaëlle, editor, organizer.

Guillaume, Carol, organizer.

Gibson, Melanie, editor.

Musée du Louvre, host institution.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic art--Exhibitions.

Islamic art.

Art, Iranian--19th century--Exhibitions.

Art, Iranian.

Art, Iranian--20th century--Exhibitions.

Louvre (Paris, France).

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

215 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 30 cm

Other Title:

L'Empire des roses, Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'art parsan du XIXe Siécle.

Place of Publication:

London : Gingko ; Paris : Louvre éditions, 2021.

Summary:

The thirteen articles in this volume were originally given as presentations at the symposium of the same name organized in June 2018 by the Musée du Louvre and the Musée du Louvre-Lens in conjunction with the exhibition The Empire of Roses: Masterpieces of 19th Century Persian Art. The exhibition explored the art of Iran in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, while the nation was under the rule of the Qajar dynasty. The symposium set out to present research on previously unknown and unpublished objects from this rich period of art history. This volume, published with the Louvre Museum in France, is divided into four sections. The first, "Transitions and Transmissions," is dedicated to the arts of painting, illumination, and lithography. The focus of the second section, entitled "The Image Revealed," also considers works on paper, looking at new themes and techniques. "The Material World" examines the use of materials such as textiles, carpets, and armor. The articles in the final section discuss the history of two groups of artifacts acquired by their respective museums.

Notes:

"The symposium 'Revealing the Unseen' was organised by the Musée du Louvre and the Musée du Louvre-Lens on 21-22 June 2018, in conjunction with the exhibition L'Empire des roses. Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'art parsan du XIXe Siécle."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors: Ali Boozari, Filiz Çakir Phillip, Layla S. Diba, Maryam Ekhtiar, Gwenaëlle Fellinger, Christiane Gruber, Carol Guillaume, Hadi Maktabi, Charlotte Maury, Simon Rettig, Tim Stanley, Iván Szántó, Daria Vasilyeva, Friederike Voigt.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1909942642

9781909942646

9782350317274

2350317277

OCLC:

1251502921