Questioning the “classical” in Persian painting: models and problems of definition [PDF]
In scholarship on Persian book arts, paintings have tended to be organized according to a rise-and-fall model. Within this overarching framework, the Ilkhanid period represents the birth of painting and the Qajar era its supposed decline, while Timurid ...
Christiane Gruber
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Characteristics and Educational Policies of Teymourid Educational Complexes in Greater Khorasan; with the Approach of Inscriptional Readings [PDF]
The purpose of this article is to study the position and function of schools and teachers in Greater Khorasan in the Timurid period and to assess the various information values of Timurid inscriptions.
Javad Rajabi Mandi +3 more
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Comparison of the Characteristics of Endowment-educational Complexes in Ilkhanid and Timurid Period of Iran [PDF]
At the international level, the evolution of higher education in Muslim countries has not received much attention from educational scientists. The purpose of this study was to compare the characteristics of endowment-educational complexes in the two ...
Javad Rajabi Mandi +2 more
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A Critique of Manz's Epistemological View on the Book “Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran” [PDF]
This present paper criticizes the interpretive approaches of Beatrice Forbes Manz’s, a researcher of Mongol and Timurid era, on the book "Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Period in Iran".
Sayyed Abolfazl Razavi
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The expansion of Russia into Asia in the second half of the 19th century was a beginning of a new era for the cultural heritage of Central Asia. Samarkand, which has become legendary since the Middle Ages with its magnificent Timurid monuments, was the ...
Elif Kök
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The impact of Arabic school Manuscripts Paintings on Timurid school one's as the fundamental source of both concept of composition and visual elements development [PDF]
This research deals with the impact of the Arabic school of Manuscripts Paintings on The Timurid school as the main source of the development of composition and Artistic elements, a comparative analytical descriptive study, and the research start with a ...
Hany Mohamed Mohamed Sabry
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Eric Schroeder: maverick polymath [PDF]
The article surveys the life and output of Eric Schroeder (1904-71), who served from 1938 as (mainly honorary) Keeper of Persian Art at the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, mounting choice exhibitions and greatly expanding the collection of ...
Robert Hillenbrand
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Herat City and its Structural Changes During the Mongol and Timurid Periods [PDF]
Herat is one of the major cities in the eastern part of Greater Iran and northwestern Afghanistan. Like other cities of Khorasan, Herat was destroyed after the Mongol attack.
Shahin Garakani Dashteh Garakani Dashteh
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Factors Affecting the Situation of Business in Khorasan and Transoxania during the Timurid Period [PDF]
The present paper deals with the status of trade in Khorasan and Transoxania in the Timurid period, which is one of the elements that make up the Timurid economy. In this paper, based on the data in the sources and with a descriptive-analytical approach,
Shahram Farahnaki +3 more
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A comparative study of the metal candlestick images in the paintings of Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasb and similar examples of Islamic periods (Seljuk, Ilkhanid, Timurid and Safavid periods) [PDF]
Problem definition: Metal candlestick is one of the most widely used accessory for providing lighting and one of the common tools of the past periods whose images are abundantly depicted in the Shahnameh’s paintings and the display of these objects has ...
Sahar Zekavat
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