The Persian Revival

“The way Grigor creates a cohesive theoretical framework by drawing on a combination of historical and architectural materials is masterful. . . . Grigor’s work not only makes a contribution to Persianate art history but reminds us of the necessity of reevaluating the approach to global art history in contemporary schools of art history.”—Mahroo Moosavi, Architectural Histories

“The Persian Revival is an original study that builds a strong case for the transmission and deployment of knowledge across regions and cultural realms. It does so for a hitherto uncharted period and region—one that has not received adequate scholarly attention—and makes a significant contribution to the growing literature on global art and architectural histories of the long nineteenth century.”—Madhuri Desai, author of Banaras Reconstructed: Architecture and Sacred Space in a Hindu Holy City

“The Persian Revival is a finely wrought, insightful, and successful contribution to the study of the reception of ancient Iran in the modern world. Entirely original, it draws observations from archives and from a wide range of literature and material evidence.”—Christina Maranci, author of Medieval Armenian Architecture: Constructions of Race and Nation

Talinn Grigor is Professor of Art History at the University of California, Davis. She is the author of Building Iran: Modernism, Architecture, and National Heritage Under the Pahlavi Monarchs and Contemporary Iranian Art: From the Street to the Studio.

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Prologue: Fallacy of Origins

1. Ancient Iran in Western Art Historiography

2. The Persepolitan Style in British India

3. The Persian Revival as Iranian Modernity

Epilogue: Copy’s Imperialism

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Art History & Architecture

           Architectural History

           Modern and Contemporary

           Nineteenth-century

           Art Theory & Criticism

History

           Nineteenth-century