Contemporary Iranian Art

Informationen zum Autor Hamid Keshmirshekan: Hamid Keshmirshekan is an art historian, critic and Visiting Fellow at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford and Editor-in-Chief of the bilingual quarterly, Art Tomorrow. His other works include Amidst Shadow and Light: Contemporary Iranian Art and Artists. Klappentext A comprehensive study of Iranian art in the 20th and 21st centuries. 'This masterful work is the product of deep research, which eloquently demonstrates the extraordinary richness of the art of modern and contemporary Iran. Keshmirshekan methodically builds a fascinating narrative, charting the development of the art schools, highlighting the key artists, the movements and debates and bringing us to the highly engaged art of today.' Venetia Porter, Curator, Islamic and contemporary Middle East, The British Museum 'Hamid Keshmirshekan has produced a fascinating, informative and stimulating book, allowing us, for the first time, to trace the history of Iranian art during the last 150 years and to appreciate what is happening to art in Iran today.' James Allan, Professor of Eastern Art, University of Oxford 'Contemporary Iranian Art: New Perspectives is revelatory, scarcely matched and surpassed by none. A master connoisseur with an encyclopaedic knowledge of his subject, Dr Keshmirshekan has emerged as the towering historian of contemporary Iranian art.' Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University Zusammenfassung The definitive book about 20th and 21st century Iranian art renowned art historian! Hamid Keshmirshekan! the editor-in-chief of the bilingual Quarterly! Art Tomorrow! and a visiting professor at the University of Oxford. This book contains 379 full colour images! covering a broad range of artists residing both in and outside Iran. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface/ foreword Acknowledgments Notes on Transliteration Introduction Chapter 1: The Development of Naturalistic art Chapter 2: Decades of Hesitancy and ConfrontationsChapter 3: Question of identity, nativism and nationalism Chapter 4: Post-revolutionary art up to 1990 Chapter 5: Development of Post-revolutionary Modernism and Contemporary Discourses: the 1990s to the present time Chapter 6: Iranian Artist in DiasporaConclusion AppendixArt InstitutionsBibliography Index...

Klappentext
A comprehensive study of Iranian art in the 20th and 21st centuries.


Zusammenfassung
The definitive book about 20th and 21st century Iranian art renowned art historian, Hamid Keshmirshekan, the editor-in-chief of the bilingual Quarterly, Art Tomorrow, and a visiting professor at the University of Oxford. This book contains 379 full colour images, covering a broad range of artists residing both in and outside Iran.

Inhalt
Preface/ foreword
Acknowledgments
Notes on Transliteration
Introduction

Chapter 1: The Development of Naturalistic art

Chapter 2: Decades of Hesitancy and Confrontations

Chapter 3: Question of identity, nativism and nationalism

Chapter 4: Post-revolutionary art up to 1990

Chapter 5: Development of Post-revolutionary Modernism and Contemporary Discourses: the 1990s to the present time

Chapter 6: Iranian Artist in Diaspora

Conclusion

Appendix
Art Institutions
Bibliography
Index

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