Persian Painting: The Arts of the Book and Portraiture

by Manijeh Bayani and Adel T Adamova

Persian miniature painting is among the most well-established and celebrated traditions of Islamic art, valued and treasured throughout the ages in the Eastern and Western worlds. This volume, written by two eminent scholars specializing in Persian painting and epigraphy (the study of inscriptions), respectively, catalogues The al-Sabah Collection of Persian miniature painting and bookbinding, from complementary perspectives. Coauthors Adel T. Adamova...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 050097067X
• ISBN13: 9780500970676
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 7.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 9.0" x 11.2"