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Shah 'Abbas : the remaking of Iran / Sheila R. Canby.
- Title
- Shah 'Abbas : the remaking of Iran / Sheila R. Canby.
- Author
- Canby, Sheila R.
- Publication
- London : British Museum Press, c2009.
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- Additional Authors
- British Museum.
- Description
- 274 p. : col. ill.; 30 cm.
- Summary
- This illustrated book gives a unique introduction to the world of Shah 'Abbas and the beautiful mosque and shrines that he created and adorned in the so-called golden age of Persian art.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs
- History
- Catalogues d'exposition.
- Note
- "This books is published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 19 February to 14 June 2009"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-269) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Iran Heritage Foundation Foreword / Vahid Alaghband -- Director's foreword / Neil MacGregor -- Chronology / Fahmida Suleman -- Introduction -- Isfahan : the public and private worlds of Shah 'Abbas. The ritual life of the shrines / Robert Gleave ; Sites of pilgrimage and objects of devotion / Kishwar Rizvi -- The Ardabil Shrine -- The Shrine of Imam Riza at Mashhad -- The Shrine of Fatimeh Ma'sumeh at Qum -- The legacy of Shah 'Abbas.
- ISBN
- 9780714124568 (cased)
- 9780714124520 (paperback)
- OCLC
- 271772575
- SCSB-10359112
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library