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The British Museum Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Luxurious objects are celebrated for their exoticism, rarity and style, but also disparaged as indulgent, extravagant and corrupt. The ancient origins of these attitudes emerged at the boundary between the imperial Persian and democratic Athenian Greek worlds. Luxury was at the centre of the royal Persian court and behaviours of ostentatious display rippled through the imperial provinces, whose elite classes emulated luxury objects in lesser materials....
Author
Publisher
WV, Wasmuth
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
This publication documents the survey exhibition Shirin Neshat. Frauen in Gesellschaft in the Kunsthalle Tübingen (2017). It assembles important works from all of Shirin Neshat's creative phases, from the iconic typographically inscribed photographs of the Women of Allah series to the multiple award winning single and multi-channel video installations, to the monumental blocks of work like The Book of Kings and the new productions from 2016/17 which...
5) Iran
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Series
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
The second-largest country in the Middle East, Iran covers 636, 313 square miles. High mountains, vast plains, dry deserts, and coastal waters create a variety of living conditions for the Iranian people. Learn more about Iran's fascinating history, culture, geography, and more in Iran, an Exploring Countries book.
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Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2009
Description
In recent years, Iran has gained attention mostly for negative reasons - for its authoritarian religious government, disputed nuclear programme, and controversial role in the Middle East - but there is much more to the story of this ancient land than can be gleaned from the news. This authoritative and comprehensive history of Iran, written by Homa Katouzian, an acclaimed expert, covers the entire history of the area from the foundation of the ancient...
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Publisher
Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs reigned supreme for centuries until the conquests of Alexander of Macedon brought the empire to a swift and unexpected end in the late 330s BCE. In Persians, historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the epic story of this...
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