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The Persian revival : the imperialism of the copy in Iranian and Parsi architecture / Talinn Grigor

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Grigor, Talinn, 1972-
Published
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]
Copyright Date
©2021
Physical Description
xii, 262 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm

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Contents
Prologue : fallacy of origins -- Ancient Iran in Western art historiography -- The Persepolitan style in British India -- The Persian revival as Iranian modernity -- Epilogue : copy's imperialism.
Summary
"Examines Europe's discovery of ancient Iran, first in philology and then in art history, and explores the Persian Revival movement in light of imperial strategies of power, selfhood, and statehood in British India and Zand-Qajar-Pahlavi Iran"--
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ISBN
9780271089430 (cloth)
0271089431 (cloth)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) and index.
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