Cover Image

Persia : ancient Iran and the classical world /

"This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Malibu, from April 6, 2022, to August 8, 2022"--

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Persia (J. Paul Getty Museum)
Other Authors: Spier, Jeffrey (Editor), Potts, Timothy F. (Editor), Cole, Sara E. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2022]
Subjects:
Iran > Antiquities > Exhibitions.
Iran > Civilization > To 640 > Exhibitions.
Classical antiquities > Exhibitions.
Civilization, Classical > Exhibitions.
Iran > Relations > Greece > Exhibitions.
Greece > Relations > Iran > Exhibitions.
Iran > Relations > Rome > Exhibitions.
Rome > Relations > Iran > Exhibitions.
Iran > Antiquités > Expositions.
Iran > Civilisation > Jusqu'à 651 > Expositions.
Antiquités gréco-romaines > Expositions.
Civilisation ancienne > Expositions.
Antiquities.
Civilization.
Civilization, Classical.
Classical antiquities.
International relations.
Greece.
Iran.
Rome (Empire)
To 640
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Table of Contents:
  • The Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BC
  • Map
  • Time Line of Achaemenid Kings
  • Persia Before the Persians / Timothy Potts
  • Shifting Identities in Pre-Achaemenid Iran: Elamites, Medes, and Persians / Wouter F. M. Henkelman
  • Kingship in the Achaemenid Empire / Robert Rollinger
  • Visual Arts of Collective Imperial Identity: from Persepolis to the Mediterranean / Margaret Cool Root
  • The Greco-Persian Wars: Image, Effect, and Afterlife / Margaret C. Miller
  • Greeks, Lydians, Carians, and Lycians in Achaemenid Asia Minor / Jeffrey Spier
  • Persia in Cyprus / Antigoni Zournatzi
  • The Achaemenid Empire: Catalogue 1-78
  • The Parthian Empire, ca. 247 BC-AD 224
  • Map
  • Time Line of Seleucid and Arsacid Kings and Roman Emperors
  • Alexander the Great and the Seleucids: Iran in the Hellenistic Period (ca. 330-150 BC) / Rolf Strootman
  • The Parthian Empire / Jake Nabel
  • Parthia and the Geography of Empire / Stefan R. Hauser
  • In Search of Parthian Art: Arsacid Influence in the Representational Arts of the Parthian Empire / Lucinda Dirven
  • Religion in the Parthian Empire / Albert de Jong
  • Greek in Asia: Understanding Hellenism in Susa and Seleucia on the Tigris / Vito Messina and Miguel John Versluys
  • The Parthian Empire: Catalogue 79-144
  • The Sasanian Empire: AD 224-561
  • Map
  • Time Line of Sasanian Kings and Roman and Byzantine Emperors
  • The Sasanian Empire / M. Rahim Shayegan
  • The Royal Image in Ancient Persia / Matthew P. Canepa
  • Persia and Rome: the Historical and Ideological Gaze / Touraj Daryaee
  • Epilogue: the End of Antiquity in Iran and the Postclassical Inheritance / Hugh Kennedy
  • The Sasanian Empire: Catalogue 145-209.