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‚Chad Kia convincingly demonstrates the poetic richness and cultural depth of the late fifteenth-century paintings produced in the spiritually imbued intellectual and artistic atmosphere of the Herat elite. Written in rich language and with intellectual sharpness, this book is a pleasure to read.‘
Rachel Milstein, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Transforming our understanding of Persian art, this impressive interdisciplinary book decodes some of the world’s most exquisite medieval paintings. It reveals the hidden meaning behind enigmatic figures and scenes that have puzzled modern scholars, focusing on five ‚miniature‘ paintings. Chad Kia shows how the cryptic elements in these works of art from Timurid Persia conveyed the mystical teachings of Sufi poets like Rumi, Attar and Jami, and heralded one of the most significant events in the history of Islam: the takeover by the Safavids in 1501 and the conversion of Iran to Shiism.

Key Features
. Interprets celebrated but enigmatic paintings from collections in the Metropolitan Museum, the British Library and the Freer Gallery
. Brings poetry and art together in a transformative reading of Persian illustrated manuscripts
. Bridges art history, literature and religion to reconsider Shia and Safavid cultural and intellectual history
. Connects Persian figural painting to the rise of the Safavids and Shiism in Iran

CHAD KIA has been a Smithsonian Fellow at the Freer and Sackler Galleries of Art in Washington DC, and has taught Persian and Arabic literatures and Islamic art and intellectual history at Harvard University and Brown University.

Cover image: ‚Majnun on Layla’s Tomb‘ from Khamsa of Nizami, 1494 © The British Library Board, Or. 6810, f.144v

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ISBN 978-1-4744-5038-6 Über den Autor

Chad Kia has been a Smithsonian Fellow at the Freer and Sackler Galleries of Art in Washington DC, and has taught Persian and Arabic literatures and Islamic art and intellectual history at Harvard University and Brown University.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781474450393
ISBN-10: 1474450393
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Kia, Chad
Hersteller: Edinburgh University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, [email protected]
Maße: 233 x 156 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Chad Kia
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.02.2021
Gewicht: 0,488 kg

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