Description
In this illustrated book, nine contributors explore multifaceted aspects of art, architecture and material culture of the Persian cultural realm, encompassing West Asia, Anatolia, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia and Europe. Each chapter examines the historical, religious or scientific role of visual culture in the shaping, influencing and transforming of distinctive `Persian' aesthetics across the various historical periods, ranging from pre-Islamic, medieval and early modern Islamic to modern times.
About the Author
Yuka Kadoi, PhD, is an art historian of Islamic and Asian art.
Book Information
ISBN 9781474411158
Author Yuka Kadoi
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press