| ISBN |
3858817392 (pbk.) |
| 9783858817396 (pbk.) |
| Title |
The fascination of Persia : the Persian-European dialogue in seventeenth-century art & contemporary art from Tehran / edited by Axel Langer |
| Publisher |
Zurich : Museum Rietberg ; Scheidegger & Spiess, 2013 |
| Physical desc. |
320 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.) ; 33 cm. |
| Note |
Published to accompany an exhibition held from 27 September 2013 until 12 January 2014, at the Museum Rietberg, Zurich. |
| CBL illustrations: p. 189, cat. 82 (Per 268, f. 16); p. 211, cat. 106 (Per 282.6). |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-317). |
| Contents |
Iran's relations with Europe in the Safavid period: diplomats, missionaries, merchants, and travel / Rudolph P. Matthee -- The work of European cartographers in mapping Persia or Iran in the seventeenth century and earlier / Cyrus Ala'i -- Safavid dress and Europe / Jennifer M. Scarce -- The Sherleys and the shah: Persia as the stakes in a rogue's gambit / Gary Schwartz -- Lost in translation: exoticism in early modern Holland / Claudia Swan -- Persian art and the crafting of Polish identity / Paulina Banas -- Persian and Polish sashes: symbols of national identity and luxury textiles in an international market / Birgitt Borkopp-Restle -- Between court and company: Dutch artists in Persia / Gary Schwartz -- European influences on seventeenth-century Persian painting: of handsome Europeans, naked ladies, and Parisian timepieces / Axel Langer -- 'Cloath'd in several modes': oil-on-canvas painting and the iconography of human variety in early modern Iran / Michael Chagnon -- I can't get no sleep: contemporary art in Tehran / Susann Wintsch. |
| Corporate name |
Museum Rietberg -- Exhibitions |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 268 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 282 |
| Art, Iranian -- Influence |
| Art, European -- Persian influences |
| Iran -- Civilization |
| Europe -- Civilization -- Persian influences |
| Added name(s) |
Langer, Axel ed. |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
Museum Rietberg |
