Adel T. Adamova, Manijeh Bayani. Persian Painting. The Arts of the Book and Portraiture. The al-Sabah Collection

Abstract

This publication is a new volume in a series, presenting the famous al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait. The authors wrote thorough entries on 41 exquisite examples of Persian book art and painting, which they situate in their art-historical context. The publication is written for both the general audience and specialists, a difficult task in which the authors have been very successful. Each chapter starts with a short and easy reading historical and art-historical introduction, so that the non-spe...