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Seeing Iran:
Image, Society and Culture
Seeing Iran
Seeing the Text: Calligraphy and Miniature Painting
Martyrdom: Shi'ism and Persepolis Posters and Photography: Propaganda and
Images of the Revolution
Seeing the Text:
Calligraphy and Miniature Painting
Source: Calligraphy attributed to Umar Aqta: Fragment from a Qur'an manuscript (1972.279) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1972.279
Sou
rce
: A
ttrib
uted
to
Sul
tan
Muh
amm
ad:
Zah
hak
Is T
old
His
Fat
e: F
rom
the
Sh
ahna
ma
(Boo
k of
Kin
gs)
of S
hah
Ta
hma
sp (
1970
.301
.4)
| Hei
lbru
nn T
imel
ine
of
Art
His
tory
| T
he M
etro
pol
itan
Mus
eum
of
Art
http
://w
ww
.met
mu
seum
.org
/toa
h/w
orks
-of-
art/
1970
.301
.4
Persian Miniature Painting
Shah Tahmasp
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
Safavid Dynasty
Source: Attributed to Sultan Muhammad: Zahhak Is Told His Fate: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp (1970.301.4) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1970.301.4
Sou
rce
: A
ttrib
uted
to
Qad
imi:
The
Ira
nian
Cam
p A
ttac
ked
by N
ight
: F
rom
the
S
hahn
ama
(Boo
k of
Kin
gs)
of
Sha
h T
ahm
asp
(197
0.30
1.3
6) |
Hei
lbru
nn T
imel
ine
of A
rt
His
tory
| T
he M
etro
polit
an M
useu
m o
f A
rt
http
://w
ww
.met
mu
seum
.org
/toa
h/w
orks
-of-
art/
1970
.301
.36
Source: Attributed to Qadimi: The Iranian Camp Attacked by Night: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp (1970.301.36) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1970.301.36
Martyrdom:
Shi'ism and Persepolis
Sunni Islam and Shi'a Islam
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Islam_by_country.png
“Th
e K
arb
ala
Ba
ttle
” b
y M
uh
am
ma
d M
od
ab
er
(20
th c
. C
E)
Ch
elk
ow
ski,
Pe
ter,
an
d H
am
id D
ab
ash
i. S
tag
ing
a
Re
volu
tion
: T
he
Art
of
Pe
rsu
asi
on
in t
he
Isl
am
ic R
ep
ub
lic
of
Ira
n.
Ne
w Y
ork
, N
Y:
NY
U P
ress
, 1
99
9.
46
. P
rint.
Karbala
Hussein
Ashura
Muharram
Chelkowski, Peter, and Hamid Dabashi. Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of
Iran. New York, NY: NYU Press, 1999. 59. Print.
Photograph by Kamran Bayegan
Chelkowski, Peter, and Hamid Dabashi. Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran. New York, NY: NYU Press, 1999. 75. Print.
Pho
tog
raph
by
Abb
as
Che
lkow
ski,
Pet
er,
and
Ham
id D
aba
shi.
Sta
ging
a R
evol
utio
n: T
he A
rt o
f P
ersu
asio
n in
the
Is
lam
ic R
epu
blic
of
Iran
. N
ew Y
ork,
NY
: N
YU
Pre
ss,
1999
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. P
rint.
Photograph by Abbas.
Chelkowski, Peter, and Hamid Dabashi. Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in
the Islamic Republic of Iran. New York, NY: NYU Press, 1999. 237. Print.
Posters and Photography:
Propaganda and Images of the Revolution
Shephard Fairey/AP (2008)
Greg Wahl-Stephens/Associated Press (2008)
Posters
&
Propaganda
Chelkowski, Peter, and Hamid Dabashi. Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran. New York, NY: NYU Press, 1999. 9. Print.
Pos
ter
by M
ujah
idee
n O
rgan
izat
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Che
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ski,
Pet
er,
and
Ham
id D
aba
shi.
Sta
ging
a R
evol
utio
n: T
he A
rt o
f P
ersu
asio
n in
th
e Is
lam
ic R
epub
lic o
f Ir
an.
New
Yor
k, N
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NY
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Prin
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ayna
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Bal
agh
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hiva
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d L
ynn
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Pic
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, S
ocie
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nd R
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New
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Prin
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Bal
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Prin
t.
Photography of ‘Abbas
Image Reference PAR59 (ABA1978011W00011/08) Copyright Abbas/Magnum Photos
Image Reference PAR74 (ABA1979022W00031/27A) Copyright Abbas/Magnum Photos
Image Reference PAR56189 (ABA1979008W00018/23) Copyright Abbas/Magnum Photos
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