ISBN 13 | 9780863567216 |
ISBN 10 | 863567215 |
Author | Hamid Keshmirshekan |
Book Format | Hardcover |
Language | English |
Book Description | Renowned art historian Hamid Keshmirshekan explores contemporary art in Iran and considers the relationship between its cultural past, modernism, and the issue of contemporaneity with regard to cultural specificity.Using over three hundred color illustrations, Keshmirshekan contends that the twentieth century is a crucial period in the culture and art of Iran when the legacies of tradition and modernism were being critically reviewed and the artistic concerns were indivisible from ideological ones.Hamid Keshmirshekan is an art historian, critic, visiting fellow at the faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford, and editor-in-chief of the bilingual quarterly Art Tomorrow |
About the Author | Hamid Keshmirshekan: Hamid Keshmirshekan is an art historian, critic and Visiting Fellow at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford and Editor-in-Chief of the bilingual quarterly, Art Tomorrow. His other works include Amidst Shadow and Light: Contemporary Iranian Art and Artists. |
Publication Date | 1905-07-05 |
Contemporary Iranian Art
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