Edited with text by Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya, Nur Sobers-Khan. Text by Amélie Couvrat-Desvergnes, Stefan Masarovic.
Qajar Women explores the varied images of women in 19th-century Iran through artworks belonging to the permanent collection of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha.
Essays by international experts trace changes in the ideals of female beauty in modern Islamic art and highlight the diversity of women’s representations, using the Qajar dynasty, which ruled Persia from 1785 to 1925, as a chronological frame.
FORMAT: Pbk, 9.5 x 11.25 in. / 184 pgs / 153 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $50.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $67.5 ISBN: 9788836635252 PUBLISHER: Silvana Editoriale AVAILABLE: 9/26/2017 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA ASIA AU/NZ AFR ME
Published by Silvana Editoriale. Edited with text by Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya, Nur Sobers-Khan. Text by Amélie Couvrat-Desvergnes, Stefan Masarovic.
Qajar Women explores the varied images of women in 19th-century Iran through artworks belonging to the permanent collection of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha.
Essays by international experts trace changes in the ideals of female beauty in modern Islamic art and highlight the diversity of women’s representations, using the Qajar dynasty, which ruled Persia from 1785 to 1925, as a chronological frame.
