Arthur Upham Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art - (Studies in Persian Cultural History) by Yuka Kadoi (Paperback)

About the Book

Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art re-addresses the role of the American pioneer in the study of Persian cultural heritage - Arthur Upham Pope (1881-1969) - in the development of Persian art scholarship and connoisseurship during the twentieth century.

Book Synopsis

In Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art, fourteen scholars explore the legacy of Arthur Upham Pope (1881-1969) by tracing the formation of Persian art scholarship and connoisseurship during the twentieth century. Widely considered as a self-made scholar, curator, and entrepreneur, Pope was credited for establishing the basis of what we now categorize broadly as Persian art. His unrivalled professional achievement, together with his personal charisma, influenced the way in which many scholars and collectors worldwide came to understand the art, architecture and material culture of the Persian world. This ultimately resulted in the establishment of the aesthetic criteria for assessing the importance of cultural remains from modern-day Iran.

With contributions by Lindsay Allen, Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, Talinn Grigor, Robert Hillenbrand, Yuka Kadoi, Sumru Belger Krody, Judith A. Lerner, Kimberly Masteller, Cornelia Montgomery, Bernard O'Kane, Keelan Overton, Laura Weinstein, and Donald Whitcomb.

Review Quotes

"In addition to offering an overview of Pope's role in the study of Persian art, the book provides new insights into the historiography of Islamic art." - Sarah Piram, in: Abstracta Iranica 37-39 (2018) [http: //journals.openedition.org/abstractairanica/42714]. "Kadoi's edited volume, which gauges the impact of American Orientalist Arthur Upham Pope (1881-1969) on the fields of Iranian art, architecture and archaeology, joins an ever-expanding literature on the historiography of Islamic art and architecture.... the papers introduce a variety of valuable perspectives and much that is new. We form a good understanding of the characters populating - and the life of - an unfolding field" - David J. Roxburgh, in: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (2018)