Qajar women : images of women in 19th-century Iran / text by Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya and three others
Object Details
- author
- Chekhab-Abudaya, Mounia
- host institution
- Museum of Islamic Art (Dawḥah, Qatar)
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Islamic art, Doha, Qatar, Apr. 9, 2015-June 11 2016.
- Contents
- Foreword / Her Excellency Sheikh Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani -- Preface / Dr. Nur Sobers-Khan and Dr. Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya -- Notions of beauty : the visual language of femininity and masculinity in the Qajar period / Dr. Nur Sobers-Khan -- Daily life / Dr. Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya -- Women, power and refinement : images of women at court / Dr. Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya -- Women as symbols in Qajar art : images of archetypal heroines and icons / Dr. Nur Sobers-Khan -- Fixing the powder : the consolidation treatment of gouaches from a Qajar album / Amélie Couvrat-Desvergnes -- The MIA collection of Qajar lacquered miniature paintings / Dr. Stefan Masarovic -- Contemporary art inspired by Qajar women / Dr. Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya -- Bibliography -- List of exhibited artworks -- Image credits
- 2016
- 19th century
- Type
- Exhibitions
- Exhibition catalogs
- History
- Physical description
- 183 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place
- Iran
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Art, Iranian
- Women--History
- Women
- Women in art
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
- Record ID
- siris_sil_1097467
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
