Persian cultures of power and the entanglement of the Afro-Eurasian world

Abstract

"A cutting-edge analysis of 2,500 years of Persian visual, architectural, and material cultures of power and their role in connecting the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Introduction: Toward a New Transmillennial Understanding of Perso-Iranian Visual, Material, and Political Cultures and Their Global Impact / Matthew P. Canepa -- Trilingual Inscriptions: Translating Language and Culture / Rachel Mairs -- “Position and Honor”: Iranian Sartorial and Commensal Politics and the Transformation of the Afro-Eurasian Sensorium of Power / Matthew P. Canepa -- Giganticism and Bamiyan: Türk, Iranian, and Chinese Traditions of Dynasticism / Warwick Ball -- Buried with a Silver Spoon? Sasanian and East Roman (Byzantine) Objects in Dialogue in Central Asia and the Caucasus / Stefan R. Hauser -- Between Alexander and Byzantium: Notions and Concepts of the “West” in Central Asia (First Century BCE-Eighth Century CE) / Sören Stark and Lauren Morris -- Beyond Space and Time: Sino-Iranian Textiles and the Creation of a Eurasian Material and Visual Culture / Mariachiara Gasparini -- From the Ground Up: Perso-Islamic Kingship in Southern Asia / Alka Patel -- Shifting Power, Displaced Artists: On the Circulation, Transformation, and Emulation of Persianate Manuscripts (1300-1600) / Lamia Balafrej -- How Persianate Is It? A World-Making Book Transcreated from Iraq to India / Vivek Gupta -- Early Meetings between Parsi Merchant Princes and Boston Brahmins / Jenny Rose.