Research Catalog

Title

Persian Art : collecting the arts of Iran for the V & A / Moya Carey.

Author

Carey, Moya

Publication

London : V & A Publishing, 2017.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brown, Heather
• Chapman, Charlotte
• Wardman, Judith
• Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Victoria and Albert Museum. Photographic Studio.

Description

272 pages : color illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

Today the Victoria and Albert Museum holds extensive and renowned collections of Iranian art, spanning at least twelve centuries of Iran's sophisticated cultural history. These objects range from archaeological finds to architectural salvage, from domestic furnishings and drinking vessels to design archives. Most of this diverse material was purchased in the late nineteenth century, over a few decades - roughly between 1873 and 1893 - during a specific period of contact between Victorian Britain and Qajar Iran. This book investigates that period through four case studies, showing how architects, diplomats, dealers, collectors and craftsmen engaged with Iran's complex visual traditions, ancient and modern.

Subjects

• Victoria and Albert Museum History > 19th century
• Art, Iranian > Collectors and collecting > England > London > History > 19th century
• Art museums > History > 19th century
• Art museums > England > London

Note

• "Designed by Heather Brown"--Title page verso.
• "Copy-edited by Charlotte Chapman"--Title page verso.
• "Index by Judith Wardman"--Title page verso.
• "New photography by Pip Barnard, Richard Davis and Paul Robins, V&A Photographic Studio"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-266) and index.

Contents

Introduction : collecting the arts of Iran -- Master builders : Owen Jones, Caspar Purdon Clarke and the Mirza Akbar drawings --Diplomats and dealers : the approach to Persian art in 1876 -- Modern manufactures and grand designs : the values of historicism -- From principally modern to singular perfection : the consumer cult of the Persian carpet -- Conclusion : the Iranian collections at the V&A.

Call Number

N7280

ISBN

• 1851779337
• 9781851779338

LCCN

2017938446

OCLC

973806700

Author

Carey, Moya, author.

Title

Persian Art : collecting the arts of Iran for the V & A / Moya Carey.

Publisher

London : V & A Publishing, 2017.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-266) and index.

Added Author

Brown, Heather, designer.

Chapman, Charlotte, editor.

Wardman, Judith, contributor.

Victoria and Albert Museum.

Victoria and Albert Museum. Photographic Studio.

Research Call Number

*R-ART N7280 .C37 2017