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 ...

“Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World” is strong on examples of material culture — the pottery, jewelry, coins, metalwork and stone vessels, architecture and other common objects of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...