Lionel Bier Collection
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A2004.05
name: label: Creator
content: Bier, Lionel D., 1942-2004
place: label: Place
content: Iran
label: Place
content: USA -- New York -- New York
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology -- Iran
label: Topic
content: Architecture, Sassanid
creator: label: Creator
content: Bier, Lionel D., 1942-2004
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content: Lionel Bier Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The late Lionel D. Bier, art historian and archaeologist, taught art history at Brooklyn College for more than 30 years. He was primarily active in researching the archaeological record of pre- and early-Islamic Iran. Among his noted publications are: Sarvistan: A Study in Early Iranian Architecture (1986) and The Sassanian Palaces and their Influence in Early Islam, from Ars Orientalis (Vol. 23, 1993).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.2 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975-1992
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated by the estate of Lionel Bier via its executor, Dr. Maydee G. Lande
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A2004.05
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Architectural drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Organized into two series:
Series 1: Drawings
Series 2: Site Files
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles, including terminology and place names, are recorded as they appeared on the original folders.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Architectural drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Drawings, field notes, photogoraphs, and correspondence documenting Lionel Bier's work at a number of both pre-Islamic and Islamic Iranian architectural monuments, in 1975 and 1976. Focus primarily is on Sassanian sites. Sites covered include: Bishapur, Firuzabad, Istakhr, Masjid-i Sang, Sarvistan, and Shari-i Ij.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Carol Bier and Lionel Bier Collection. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Carol Bier.