Persian Painting: From the Mongols to the Qajars [Hardcover]

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Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: I. B. Tauris (May 18 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1850436592
ISBN-13: 978-1850436591
Product Dimensions: 30.5 x 24.9 x 3.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.9 Kg
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,100,243 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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“Especially appealing to the general reader...” —New York Times Book Review

“These very fine essays by eminent scholars from academia and museums present brief but thoughful examinations of various aspects of Islamic painting.” —Choice

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Published in honour of Basil W. Robinson, Keeper Emeritus of the Victoria and Albert Museum and a key contributor to the growing scholarly interest in Persian miniatures for over 50 years, this book contains both personal appreciations of his work and a bibliography of his writings. The contributions cover Persian painting from Ilkhanid to Qajar times, and include material from Turkey, Central Asia, and India.

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I FIRST ME ROBBIE IN 1947, AND WE BECAME COLLEAGUES IN 1956 when I joined the V. &, A. as an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Metalwork, of which he was then Deputy Keeper under the late C.C. Oman. Read the first page

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