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Seeing Iran: Image, Society and Culture

Seeing Iran Seeing the Text: Calligraphy and Miniature Painting Martyrdom: Shi'ism and Persepolis Posters and Photography: Propaganda and Images of the Revolution

Seeing the Text: Calligraphy and Miniature Painting

Source: Calligraphy attributed to Umar Aqta: Fragment from a Qur'an manuscript ( ) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Source: Attributed to Sultan Muhammad: Zahhak Is Told His Fate: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp ( ) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Persian Miniature Painting Shah Tahmasp Shahnameh Ferdowsi Safavid Dynasty

Source: Attributed to Sultan Muhammad: Zahhak Is Told His Fate: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp ( ) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Source: Attributed to Qadimi: The Iranian Camp Attacked by Night: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp ( ) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Source: Attributed to Qadimi: The Iranian Camp Attacked by Night: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp ( ) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Martyrdom: Shi'ism and Persepolis

Sunni Islam and Shi'a Islam

“The Karbala Battle” by Muhammad Modaber (20 th c. CE) Chelkowski, Peter, and Hamid Dabashi. Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran. New York, NY: NYU Press, Print. Karbala Hussein Ashura Muharram

Chelkowski, Peter, and Hamid Dabashi. Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran. New York, NY: NYU Press, Print.

Photograph by Kamran Bayegan Chelkowski, Peter, and Hamid Dabashi. Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran. New York, NY: NYU Press, Print.

Photograph by Abbas Chelkowski, Peter, and Hamid Dabashi. Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran. New York, NY: NYU Press, Print. Photograph by Abbas. Chelkowski, Peter, and Hamid Dabashi. Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran. New York, NY: NYU Press, Print.

Posters and Photography: Propaganda and Images of the Revolution

Shephard Fairey/AP (2008) Greg Wahl-Stephens/Associated Press (2008)

Posters & Propaganda

Chelkowski, Peter, and Hamid Dabashi. Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran. New York, NY: NYU Press, Print.

Poster by Mujahideen Organization Chelkowski, Peter, and Hamid Dabashi. Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran. New York, NY: NYU Press, Print.

Poster of Zaynab, Balaghi, Shiva, and Lynn Gumpert, eds. Picturing Iran: Art, Society and Revolution. New York, NY I. B. Tauris, Print.

Balaghi, Shiva and Lynn Gumpert, eds. Picturing Iran: Art, Society and Revolution. New York, NY I. B. Tauris, Print.

Balaghi, Shiva, and Lynn Gumpert, eds. Picturing Iran: Art, Society and Revolution. New York, NY I. B. Tauris, Print.

Photography of ‘Abbas

Image Reference PAR59 (ABA W00011/08) Copyright Abbas/Magnum Photos

Image Reference PAR74 (ABA W00031/27A) Copyright Abbas/Magnum Photos

Image Reference PAR56189 (ABA W00018/23) Copyright Abbas/Magnum Photos

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