In this landmark compendium, renowned art historian Hamid Keshmirshekan provides a thorough review of contemporary art in Iran. He considers the interplay between Iran's cultural past, modernism and the issue of contemporaneity, and contends that artists in Iran and in the Iranian diaspora must work with the tension between these dynamic forces. Keshmirshekan shows how the twentieth century was a crucial period in the culture and art of Iran, when the legacies of tradition and modernism were critically reassessed. he argues that the concerns of this period for Iranian artists were indivisible from the ideological ones, and that they exert influence into the present day.' - excerpted from flapped page.
Including a bibliography and an index.
Onsite
English
2013
352
9780863567216
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monograph
Introduction
Modern Culture and its Affinity with Political and Cultural Characteristics of Iran
Nationalism and its Place in Iranian Political Culture
Religious Movements and their Relation to Iranian Sociopolitical Culture
Chapter One: Historical Background
A Transformation in Qatar Art
The Dar al-Funun
The Establishment of the Madrasa-i Sanayi'-i Mustazrafa (School of Fine Art) in 1911
Madrasa-i Sanayi'-i Qadima (School of Traditional Arts) and the formation of the so-called School of Tehran
Chapter Two: Decades of Hesitancy and Confrontation: Modernism Versus the Status Quo
The Beginning of the Modern Art Movement in Iran: the 1940s
The Development of Modernism During the 1940s and 1950s
Chapter Three: Questions of Identity, Nativism and Nationalism Alongside Modernism in Art and Sociopolitical Culture: Neo-Traditionalist Movements
The National School of Art and the Obsession with Identity and Culture Concerns: Saqqa-khaneh; a Neo-Traditionalist Movement
Post Saqqa-khaneh and Other Trends
Chapter Four: Post-revolutionary Art
The Establishment of the Artistic Centre of Islamic Propaganda Organisation (Howzeh-i hunari-i sazman-i tablighat-i islami): Revolutionary Art and Others
The Development of Traditionalist Trends: Calligraphic Tendencies and Miniature Painting
Post-revolutionary Modernism and Discourse: Post-revolutionary National Art Biennials, the State and Cultural Policy: Cultural Identity in Question
Chapter Five: Development of Post-Revolutionary Contemporary Discourses: the Mid-1990s Onward
The Emergence of Contemporary Art and New Artistic Discourses
Paradigms of Contemporary Iranian Art
Contemporaneity Versus Questions of Cultural Specificity
Chapter Six: Iranian Diasporic Art
Contemporary Iranian Art: New Perspectives
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