Book Arts of Isfahan: Diversity and Identity in Seventeenth-Century Persia

by Alice Taylor

Book Overview

Published to coincide with an exhibition at the J.Paul Getty Museum, this book explores the vibrant artistic legacy of the capital city of the Safavid Empire in seventeenth-century Persia. Isfahan was a crossroads of international trade and diplomacy and, consequently, became a kaleidoscope of resident languages and religions. The artists of the city were remarkably responsive to the physical and psychological diversity of its many peoples: Armenians,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089236338X
• ISBN13: 9780892363384
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.