Encyclopædia Iranica

ART IN IRAN

The history of art in Iran and Iranian lands.

ART IN IRAN, History of

i. Neolithic to Median, seventh millennium to seventh century B.C.

ii. Median art and architecture.

iii. Achaemenian art and architecture.

iv. Parthian.

vi. Pre-Islamic eastern Iran and Central Asia.

vii. Islamic, pre-Safavid.

viii. Islamic, Central Asia.

ix. Safavid to Qajar.

xi. Post-Qajar (painting).

xii. Iranian Pre-Islamic Elements in Islamic Art

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Originally Published: December 15, 1986

Last Updated: August 15, 2011

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Vol. II, Fasc. 5-6, pp. 549-646