Contemporary Iranian art new perspectives

Contemporary Iranian art: new perspectives

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Bibliographic Details
Statement of responsibility:Hamid Keshmirshekan
Main Author: Keshmirshekan, Hamid (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Saqi [u.a.], 2013
Physical Description:352 S. : zahlr. Ill. ; 31 cm ; überw. Ill., Reg., Lit. S. [333]-343, Lit.Hinw.
ISBN:9781780232706 (: pbk) ; 0863567215 (hbk.) ; 9780863567216 (hbk.)
FIV classifikation:
RG04.02 (Iran) ;
SG08 (Culture / Language / Arts)
Subjects (GND):
Iran ;
Kunst ;
Malerei
FIV-Subjects:
Iran ;
Kunst ;
Bildende Kunst ;
Malerei ;
Geschichtlicher Überblick ;
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FIV-Aspects:
Nationale Identität ;
Islamische Revolution ;
Exilanten ;
Ästhetik ;
Politische Faktoren
Subjects (LCSH):
Art, Iranian > 21st century
Art, Iranian > 20th century
Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION. - 1. Modern culture and its affinity with political and cultural characteristics of Iran. - 2. Nationalism and its place in Iranian political culture. - 3. Religious movements and their relation to Iranian sociopolitical culture . - CHAPTER 1: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. - 1. A transformation in Qajar art. - 2. The Dar al-Funun. - 3. The establishment of the Madrasa-i Sanayi'-i Mustazrafa (School of Fine Art) in 1911. - 4. Madrasa Sanayi'-i Qadima (School of Traditional Arts) and the formation of the so-called school of Tehran. - CHAPTER 2: DECADES OF HESITANCY AND CONFRONTATION: MODERNISM VERSUS THE STATUS QUO. - 1. The beginning of the 'Modern art movement' in Iran : the 1940s. - 2. The development of modernism during the 1940s and 1950s. - CHAPTER 3 QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY, NATIVISM AND NATIONALISM ALONGSIDE MODERNISM IN ART AND SOCIO-POLITICAL CULTURE: NEO-TRADITIONALIST MOVEMENTS. - 1. The National School of Art and the obsession with identity and cultural concerns: Saqqa-khane