ART

Young Appetence

Young Appetence

Paintings

by Kamal Zargar
16-Oct-2008 (one comment)

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ART

Spark of life

Spark of life

Paintings

by Jaleh Etemad
26-Sep-2008 (one comment)

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ART

Mandalas of the soul

Mandalas of the soul

Paintings by young women at the margins of Iranian society

by Jahanshah Javid
06-Sep-2008 (4 comments)

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ART

Pink and blue

Pink and blue

Paintings

by Bahram Dabiri
19-Aug-2008 (2 comments)

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ART

Childhood, innocence and war

Childhood, innocence and war

Paintings

by Roya Salari
10-Aug-2008 (3 comments)

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EAST

In Western eyes

In Western eyes

Paintings: Western representations of the Middle East

by ramintork
08-Aug-2008 (3 comments)

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EAST WEST

Brushing orientalism

London exhibit shows West’s desire for superiority and control over the East

08-Aug-2008 (2 comments)
"The Lure of the East" exhibition at Tate Britain is currently showing paintings made by British artists of the ‘Orient’ (4th June – 31st August 2008). In this context ‘Orient’ meant those parts of the eastern Mediterranean world, which could be accessed relatively easy, particularly after the development of steamboat and rail travel in the 1830s: Egypt, Palestine and Turkey but predominantly Muslim world that was under the Turkish Ottoman Empire coming up to our own Iranian doorstep>>>

ART

Mirroring hope

Mirroring hope

Monir Farmanfarmaian’s exhibition in London

by Nazy Kaviani
02-Jul-2008 (4 comments)

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ART

Child of history

Child of history

Paintings

by Hannibal Alkhas
24-Jun-2008 (one comment)

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ART

Cast of characters

Cast of characters

Paintings

by Amir Rad
27-May-2008 (6 comments)

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ART

Crossing boundaries

Crossing boundaries

Paintings

by Hengameh Fouladvand
13-May-2008 (3 comments)

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DISCOVERY

Oldest oil painting?

Oil painting discovery, in Bamyan, Afghanistan

07-May-2008 (one comment)
Researchers have discovered what is believed to be the first use of oil painting at Bamyan in Afghanistan, (part of Persian Empire at the time of painting) predating European oil painting by some six centuries. After the destruction of the Buddhas, 50 caves were revealed. In 12 of the caves, wall paintings were discovered. In December 2004, Japanese researchers discovered that the wall paintings at Bamyan were actually painted between the fifth and the ninth centuries, rather than the sixth to eighth centuries as previously believed>>>

AUCTION

Art With a Heart

Art With a Heart

Art donated for iranian.com fundraiser

by Nazy Kaviani
19-Apr-2008 (9 comments)

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ART

Beautiful secrets

Beautiful secrets

Paintings

by Zaman Zamani
26-Mar-2008 (14 comments)

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PERSIA

The human side

The human side

Showing the human side of the Persian Empire through our art

by legofish
18-Mar-2008 (4 comments)

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