It reflects the optimized utilization of natural topography and bears witness to the influence of Achaemenid and Parthian cultural traditions and of Roman art, which later had a significant impact on ...

Founded in the 6th century BCE, this iconic complex is famous for its large stone columns, detailed bas-reliefs, and wide terraces, beautifully displaying ancient Persian art and architecture. The ...

Rumi, Persia, 1207–1273 Shirin Neshat ... One of the clearest forms of Islamic art in which this is manifest is architecture, built most obviously in the form of mosques, and naturally, in ...

Three scholars will give fresh perspectives on ancient Persia in a symposium next month at the ... Research Institute—will deliver a presentation titled, "Performative Arts of Persian Kingship: The ...

From the royal palaces of Persepolis to the glorious mosques of Isfahan, Iran’s ancient architecture ... preserving the features of classic Persian architecture. “The past architecture of ...

If the rock-cut architecture and associated stone basins at Teniky are the work of a community with Zoroastrian origins, this would strongly point to a former Persian presence in southern ...

Contemporary Iranian painter Arash Groyan is showcasing new Persian miniature paintings during "The Persian Reflections" at Sathorn 11 Art Space until Sept 12. The exhibition showcases various ...

This photograph shows a detail from one of the most celebrated ancient mosaics to have survived into the modern era. The mosaic depicts Alexander the Great's defeat of the Persian king Darius ...