Thu 5 Mar, 2020 Bahari Lecture, Research Forum

Art in Peril: The Case of the Negarestan Museum and its C...

In recent years, civil wars, terrorism and revolutions have destabilized the Middle East and Western Asia and taken a terrible human and cultural toll. Cultural destruction knows no boundaries, geographical or historical. This lecture will focus on the Negarestan Museum of 18th and 19th century Iranian Art in Tehran, Iran,…

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Thu 9 May, 2019 Bahari Lecture, Research Forum

The Shah and the ‘Ulama: A Tale of Two Mosques in Safavid...

Safavid art of the sixteenth century is celebrated for its exceptional painted manuscripts and the monumental architectural patronage of its dynastic shrines. Yet the same period did not produce a single Safavid Friday mosque. This paper explores relationships between the historical narratives about the architectural patronage of Safavid Friday mosques…

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Thu 3 May, 2018 Bahari Lecture, Research Forum

Persian Carpets and Renaissance Revivals: A Cross-Cultura...

This talk will trace the history and fate of a prominent Safavid (16th century) medallion carpet. The piece had been traded to Europe probably at some point in Early Modern history, was purchased in Venice in the late 19th century by Renaissance connoisseur and museum man Wilhelm Bode, was displayed…

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