The Persian carpet tradition : six centuries of design evolution /
Between 1400 and 1500, a design revolution in Persia swept away a 2000-year-old tradition of carpet design, replacing abstract geometric patterns with complex floral scrolls dominated by a central medallion derived from the Chinese cloud-collar shape. This revolution represents a major event in worl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[United Kingdom] :
P.R.J. Ford,
[2019]
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| Summary: | Between 1400 and 1500, a design revolution in Persia swept away a 2000-year-old tradition of carpet design, replacing abstract geometric patterns with complex floral scrolls dominated by a central medallion derived from the Chinese cloud-collar shape. This revolution represents a major event in world art history, comparable to that which occurred at the same time in Renaissance Italy. It was followed over the next four centuries by a second revolution, during which the principal design elements of the first permeated carpet production at every level throughout Persia and continue to dominate it to this day. |
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| Physical Description: | 352 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 32 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781898113621 1898113629 |