Iranian art and architecture: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
General works on ancient Middle Eastern arts include Henri Frankfort, The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient (1954, reissued 1995), a full critical study by an eminent scholar, now somewhat outdated; H.A. Groenewegen-Frankfort, Arrest and Movement: An Essay on Space and Time in the Representational Art of the Ancient Near East (1951, reprinted 1987), a detailed study of aesthetic values and symbolic abstractions; Seton Lloyd, The Art of the Ancient Near East (1961), a well-illustrated survey for the general reader; and R.W. Ferrier (ed.), The Arts of Persia (1989), with an extensive bibliography. Edith Porada and R.H. Dyson, The Art of Ancient Iran: Pre-Islamic Cultures (also published as Ancient Iran: The Art of Pre-Islamic Times, 1965; originally published in German, 1962), is also useful.
Iranian art is treated in Roman Ghirshman, Persia: From the Origins to Alexander the Great (also published as The Arts of Ancient Iran from Its Origins to the Time of Alexander the Great, 1964; originally published in French, 1963); and Malcolm A.R. Colledge, Parthian Art (1977).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Modern and Contemporary Art in Iran. | Jun 01, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 19, 2015 | ||
| Title uninverted. | Oct 09, 2009 | ||
| Image of winged lion from frieze at the palace of Darius I at Susa added. | Oct 09, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Anavian Gallery - Iranian Art from the 5th Millennium B.C. to the 7th Century A.D. | Feb 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Modern and Contemporary Art in Iran. | Jan 17, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 06, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 02, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 29, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |