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Iranian art and architecture

Canby, Sheila R. The Golden Age of Persian Art: 1501-1722. Abrams, 2000. Well-illustrated history of this artistic flowering in Iran.

Ettinghausen, Richard, and Ehsan Yarshater, eds. Highlights of Persian Art. Wittenborn, 1981. Illustrated essays on Iranian paintings, sculpture, architecture, art, through history.

Ferrier, R. W., ed. The Arts of Persia. Yale University Press, 1989. Comprehensive, well-illustrated survey.

Gray, Basil. Persian Painting. Skira, Reprint, Rizzoli, 1961. 1977. Scholarly work including 4th- to 15th-century book illuminations, miniatures, and more.

Helfgott, Leonard M. Ties That Bind: A Social History of the Iranian Carpet. Smithsonian, 1996. Provocative history of carpet production and trade.

Hunter, Prudence O. The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasenian Empire. Asia Society, 1978. Art of pre-Islamic Iran.

Lukonin, Vladimir, and A. A. Ivanov. Lost Treasures of Persia. Mage, 1997. Catalog of the extensive holdings in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Pope, Arthur U. Masterpieces of Persian Art. Greenwood, Reprint, Tuttle, 1970. 1976.

Pope, Arthur U. Persian Architecture: The Triumph of Form and Color. Braziller, Reprint, Tuttle, 1965. 1976. From the 6th century BC to the early 18th century AD.

Soudavar, Abolala, and Milo Cleveland Beach. Art of the Persian Courts: Selections From the Art and History Trust Collection. Rizzoli, 1993. Lavishly illustrated catalog of important collection of illuminated books and manuscripts.

Welch, Stuart C. Persian Painting: Five Royal Safavid Manuscripts of the Sixteenth Century. Braziller, 1976. 1996. Nonscholarly account; includes color plates.

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