A Survey of Persian art from prehistoric times to the present
By: Arthur Upham Pope, editor ; Phyllis Ackerman, assistant editor
Contributors: Graff, Robert D., 1919- former owner
Edition: 3d ed.
Publisher: Soroush Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Tehran
Language: eng
Subjects: Art; History; Islamic art
Notes: "Published under the Auspices of the Shahbanu Farah Foundation and the National Iranian Radio and Television."
Table of contents: title: I. Text. Pre-Achaemenud, Achaemenid, and Parthian Periods; title: II. Text. Sāsānian Periods; title: III. Text. Architecture; title: IV. Text. The ceramic arts. Calligraphy and epigraphy; title: V. Text. The art of the book and textiles; title: VI. Text. Carpets, metalwork and minor arts; title: VII. Plates. I-257: Pre-Achaemenid, 76-127: Achaemenid, 128-257 Parthian and Sāsānian; title: VIII. Plates. 258-510: Architecture of the Islamic Period, 511-554: Its ornament; title: IX. Plates. 555-811: Pottery and faience; title: X. Plates. 812-980: The art of the book; title: XI. Plates. 981-1106: Textiles; title: XII. Plates. 1107-1275: Carpet; title: XIII. Plates. 1276-1482: Metalwork, minor arts; title: XIV. Text pages 2879-3205. Plates 1483-1530. Figures 968-1210. New Studies 1938-1960: Proceedings, the IVth International Congress of Iranian Art and Archaeology, Part A, April 24-May 3, 1960; title: XV. Bibliography of pre-Islamic Persian art to 1938; title: XVI. Bibliography of Islamic Persian art to 1938.