Arthur Upham Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-30989-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 418 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Reihe: Studies in Persian Cultural History

In Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art, fourteen scholars explore the legacy of Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) by tracing the formation of Persian art scholarship and connoisseurship during the twentieth century. Widely considered as a self-made scholar, curator, and entrepreneur, Pope was credited for establishing the basis of what we now categorize broadly as Persian art. His unrivalled professional achievement, together with his personal charisma, influenced the way in which many scholars and collectors worldwide came to understand the art, architecture and material culture of the Persian world. This ultimately resulted in the establishment of the aesthetic criteria for assessing the importance of cultural remains from modern-day Iran.

With contributions by Lindsay Allen, Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, Talinn Grigor, Robert Hillenbrand, Yuka Kadoi, Sumru Belger Krody, Judith A. Lerner, Kimberly Masteller, Cornelia Montgomery, Bernard O’Kane, Keelan Overton, Laura Weinstein, and Donald Whitcomb.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kadoi, Yuka

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Vorderasien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Geschichte der Kunstwissenschaft und Kunstkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Note to the Reader
Preface and Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art
Yuka Kadoi

I. POPE, ACKERMAN, AND THEIR PEERS

The Scramble for Persian Art: Pope and His Rivals
Robert Hillenbrand

Gendered Politics of Persian Art: Pope and His Partner
Talinn Grigor

II. ARTHUR UPHAM POPE: LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Arthur Upham Pope: His Life and Times
Jonathan M. Bloom

Archaeology in Iran and the Experience of Arthur Upham Pope
Donald Whitcomb

Arthur Upham Pope and the Study of Persian Islamic Architecture
Bernard O'Kane

III. CURATORS, COLLECTORS, AND ART DEALERS:
POPE AND PRE-ISLAMIC PERSIAN ART

‘The Greatest Enterprise’: Arthur Upham Pope, Persepolis and Achaemenid Antiquities
Lindsay Allen

Arthur Upham Pope and the Sasanians
Judith A. Lerner

IV. CURATORS, COLLECTORS, AND ART DEALERS:
POPE AND ISLAMIC PERSIAN ART

The Rise of Persian Art Connoisseurship: Arthur Upham Pope and Early Twentieth-Century Chicago
Yuka Kadoi

Arthur Upham Pope and Collecting Persian Art for Kansas City
Kimberly Masteller

Equivocal Position as Expert or Dealer! The Long and Contentious Relationship of George Hewitt Myers and Arthur Upham Pope
Sumru Belger Krody

My Dear Holmes: Arthur Upham Pope and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Laura Weinstein

Filming, Photographing and Purveying in ‘the New Iran’: the Legacy of Stephen H. Nyman, ca. 1937–42
Keelan Overton

V. ARTHUR UPHAM POPE: HIS LEGACY

Surveying Persian Art in Light of A Survey of Persian Art
Sheila S. Blair

Arthur Upham Pope: A Personal Memoir
Cornelia Montgomery

List of Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Yuka Kadoi, Ph.D. (2005), University of Edinburgh is a scholar of Islamic art and Persian art historiography. She has written and edited numerous books and articles, including Islamic Chinoiserie (2009); The Shaping of Persian Art (2013); and Jades from Eastern Lands (forthcoming).