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SEMINAR: Persia and its role along the Silk Road

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Persia and its role along the Silk Road : Influence of Greater Persia Other events...
The Ilkhanid period in Persia (1256-1353) marks a particularly close connection of this historical, cultural and geographical area with the rest of Asia and Europe, due to the establishment of the largest domain the world has ever seen, the Mongol Empire. Persia’s interaction with its nominal rulers, the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), was continuous and fecund along the Silk Road, resulting in a period of great mutual influence also in the cultural and artistic spheres.

The talk will illustrate how this resulted in a period of change and renaissance in Greater Persia especially in the production of illustrated manuscripts; it will also demonstrate how its influence continued well beyond the Ilkhanid period into the 15th and 16th centuries under the Timurids and the Safavids both in the portable arts and in architectural design and decoration.

About the Presenter: Stefano Carboni is Director/CEO of the Art Gallery of Western Australia and Adjunct Professor of Islamic Art at UWA (School of Design). Prior to moving to Perth in 2008 he was curator and administrator in the Department of Islamic art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1992-2008) as well as Adjunct Professor at the Bard Graduate Center for the Decorative Arts. At The Met, he was responsible for many major exhibitions and catalogues, including The Legacy of Genghis Khan (2002) and Venice and the Islamic World, 828-1797 (2006-2007). His other books include Glass from Islamic Lands (2001) and the recent The Wonders of Creation and the Singularities of Painting (2015).
Speaker(s) Stefano Carboni, Director of the Art Gallery and Adjunct Prof of Islamic Art at UWA
Location The University Club
Contact Susan Enright <[email protected]> : 64883473
URL https://www.extension.uwa.edu.au/course/CCDR17
Start Sat, 01 Jun 2019 09:30
End Sat, 01 Jun 2019 12:00
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Submitted by Sarah Cocks <[email protected]>
Last Updated Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:26
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