Royal Persian paintings
Subtitle: the Qajar epoch, 1785-1925
By: edited by Layla S. Diba, with Maryam Ekhtiar ; essays by B.W. Robinson ... [et al.].
Contributors: Diba, Layla S.; Ekhtiar, Maryam.; Robinson, B. W.; Brooklyn Museum of Art.; UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center.; Brunei Gallery.
Publisher: Brooklyn Museum of Art in association with I.B. Tauris Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Brooklyn, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Painting, Iranian -- Exhibitions; Painting, Islamic -- Iran -- Exhibitions; Iran -- Kings and rulers -- Art patronage -- Exhibitions
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Brooklyn Museum of Art, October 23, 1998-January 24, 1999, the University of California, Los Angeles, at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, February 24-May 9, 1999, and the Brunei Gallery of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, July 5-September 26, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-290) and index.
Table of contents: title: Qajar paintings: a personal reminiscence / B.W. Robinson; title: Qajar Iran: a historical overview / Abbas Amanat; title: Images of power and the power of images: intention and response in early Qajar painting (1785-1834) / Layla S. Diba; title: From workshop and bazaar to academy: art training and production in Qajar Iran / Maryam Ekhtiar; title: Art and diplomacy: Qajar paintings at the State Hermitage Museum / Adel T. Adamova; title: Reading for gender through Qajar painting / Afsaneh Najmabadi; title: Popular arts: patronage and piety / Peter Chelkowski; title: Safavid period (1501-1722); title: Afsharid period (1736-47); title: Zand period (1750-79); title: Early Qajar period (1785-1834); title: Muhammad Shah period (1834-48); title: Nasir al-Din Shah period (1848-96); title: The last Qajars and the Constitutional period (1896-1925); title: Appendix: Materials of a group of Persian paintings.