1. Seeing Iran: Image, Society and Culture

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

3. Seeing the Text: Calligraphy and Miniature Painting

4. Source: Calligraphy attributed to Umar Aqta: Fragment from a Qur'an manuscript (1972.279) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1972.279

5. Source: Attributed to Sultan Muhammad: Zahhak Is Told His Fate: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp (1970.301.4) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1970.301.4 Persian Miniature Painting Shah Tahmasp Shahnameh Ferdowsi Safavid Dynasty

6. Source: Attributed to Sultan Muhammad: Zahhak Is Told His Fate: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp (1970.301.4) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1970.301.4

7. Source: Attributed to Qadimi: The Iranian Camp Attacked by Night: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp (1970.301.36) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1970.301.36

8. Source: Attributed to Qadimi: The Iranian Camp Attacked by Night: From the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp (1970.301.36) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1970.301.36

9. Martyrdom: Shi'ism and Persepolis

10. Sunni Islam and Shi'a Islam http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Islam_by_country.png

11. “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, 1999. 46. Print. Karbala Hussein Ashura Muharram

12. Chelkowski, Peter, and Hamid Dabashi. Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran. New York, NY: NYU Press, 1999. 59. Print.

13. 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, 1999. 75. Print.

14. 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, 1999. 76. 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, 1999. 237. Print.

15. Posters and Photography: Propaganda and Images of the Revolution

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

17. Posters & Propaganda

18. Chelkowski, Peter, and Hamid Dabashi. Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran. New York, NY: NYU Press, 1999. 9. Print.

19. 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, 1999. 98. Print.

20. Poster of Zaynab, 1979. Balaghi, Shiva, and Lynn Gumpert, eds. Picturing Iran: Art, Society and Revolution. New York, NY I. B. Tauris, 2002. 63. Print.

21. Balaghi, Shiva and Lynn Gumpert, eds. Picturing Iran: Art, Society and Revolution. New York, NY I. B. Tauris, 2002. 63. Print.

22. Balaghi, Shiva, and Lynn Gumpert, eds. Picturing Iran: Art, Society and Revolution. New York, NY I. B. Tauris, 2002. 60. Print.

23. Photography of ‘Abbas

24. Image Reference PAR59 (ABA1978011W00011/08) Copyright Abbas/Magnum Photos

25. Image Reference PAR74 (ABA1979022W00031/27A) Copyright Abbas/Magnum Photos

26. Image Reference PAR56189 (ABA1979008W00018/23) Copyright Abbas/Magnum Photos

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