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• catalog abstract "Perhaps no cultural aspect of the medieval Iranian world has been less understood than one of its most seductive expressions - the art of the book. Born of Islam's reverence for the written word and refined by royal patronage, manuscript production flourished in royal library-ateliers. The imaginative powers of Persian artists and craftsmen working in the context of the book fashioned a distinctive view of the world and man's place in it. This extensive survey of the Art. And History Trust collection emphasizes the historical circumstances of artistic production at those courts, from Anatolia to India, where Persian art and culture prevailed. The allure of Persian literature and imagery for foreign invaders, both inside and outside the Iranian cultural sphere, is repeatedly demonstrated. During the centuries following the Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century, Persian ideals and sensibilities dominated elite taste among the great. Dynasties of the eastern Islamic world: the Il-Khanids, Teymurids, Safavids, and Mughals. Under their lavish patronage the illustrated manuscript, calligraphy, painting, and drawing were elevated to complex new heights, as both objects of beauty and vehicles for dynastic aspirations. The Art and History Trust collection is particularly notable for its superb holdings of Persian and Mughal painting. It not only features acknowledged masterpieces but also brings into. Public view an array of previously unknown works. Utilizing an impressive range of historical sources, many of them unfamiliar to Western scholars, the authors have shed new light on the formation and development of these rich traditions.".
• catalog contributor b3988162.
• catalog contributor b3988163.
• catalog contributor b3988164.
• catalog created "c1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "c1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
• catalog description "And History Trust collection emphasizes the historical circumstances of artistic production at those courts, from Anatolia to India, where Persian art and culture prevailed. The allure of Persian literature and imagery for foreign invaders, both inside and outside the Iranian cultural sphere, is repeatedly demonstrated. During the centuries following the Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century, Persian ideals and sensibilities dominated elite taste among the great.".
• catalog description "Ch. 1. The Mongols -- Ch. 2. Teymur -- Ch. 3. The Court of Soltan Hosayn Mirza Bayqara -- Ch. 4. The Turkaman Dynasties -- Ch. 5. The Safavid Synthesis -- Ch. 6. Sixteenth-Century Painting -- Ch. 7. Reza-e Abbasi and Esfahan Painting -- Ch. 8. Persian Culture and Mughal India / Milo Cleveland Beach -- Ch. 9. European and Indian Influences -- Ch. 10. Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Iran -- Appendix: Calligraphers Copying Masters -- Appendix: Persian as an Administrative Language -- Appendix: The Divine Glory.".
• catalog description "Dynasties of the eastern Islamic world: the Il-Khanids, Teymurids, Safavids, and Mughals. Under their lavish patronage the illustrated manuscript, calligraphy, painting, and drawing were elevated to complex new heights, as both objects of beauty and vehicles for dynastic aspirations. The Art and History Trust collection is particularly notable for its superb holdings of Persian and Mughal painting. It not only features acknowledged masterpieces but also brings into.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Perhaps no cultural aspect of the medieval Iranian world has been less understood than one of its most seductive expressions - the art of the book. Born of Islam's reverence for the written word and refined by royal patronage, manuscript production flourished in royal library-ateliers. The imaginative powers of Persian artists and craftsmen working in the context of the book fashioned a distinctive view of the world and man's place in it. This extensive survey of the Art.".
• catalog description "Public view an array of previously unknown works. Utilizing an impressive range of historical sources, many of them unfamiliar to Western scholars, the authors have shed new light on the formation and development of these rich traditions.".
• catalog extent "423 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Art of the Persian courts.".
• catalog identifier "0847816605".
• catalog isFormatOf "Art of the Persian courts.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "c1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Rizzoli,".
• catalog relation "Art of the Persian courts.".
• catalog spatial "Iran".
• catalog spatial "Texas Houston".
• catalog subject "745.6/7/09550747641411 20".
• catalog subject "Art and History Trust Collection (Houston, Tex.) Catalogs.".
• catalog subject "Illumination of books and manuscripts Private collections Texas Houston Catalogs.".
• catalog subject "Illumination of books and manuscripts Texas Houston Catalogs.".
• catalog subject "Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian Catalogs.".
• catalog subject "Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts Iran Catalogs.".
• catalog subject "ND3241 .S68 1992".
• catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. The Mongols -- Ch. 2. Teymur -- Ch. 3. The Court of Soltan Hosayn Mirza Bayqara -- Ch. 4. The Turkaman Dynasties -- Ch. 5. The Safavid Synthesis -- Ch. 6. Sixteenth-Century Painting -- Ch. 7. Reza-e Abbasi and Esfahan Painting -- Ch. 8. Persian Culture and Mughal India / Milo Cleveland Beach -- Ch. 9. European and Indian Influences -- Ch. 10. Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Iran -- Appendix: Calligraphers Copying Masters -- Appendix: Persian as an Administrative Language -- Appendix: The Divine Glory.".
• catalog title "Art of the Persian courts : selections from the Art and History Trust Collection / Abolala Soudavar ; with a contribution by Milo Cleveland Beach.".
• catalog type "Catalogs. fast".
• catalog type "text".