Postgraduate Course: Medieval Persian Book Painting: Texts, Images and Patrons (HIAR11006)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | History of Art |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/fineart |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course traces the evolution of Persian painting from its origins in the Arab pictorial tradition, through its passing encounter with the arts of Europe and China in the period of Mongol rule (1220-1336) until its coming of age in the 15th century under the patronage of enlightened princes of the house of Timur. The later period saw the formation and steady refinement of the so-called 'classical style' of Persian painting and culminated in the career of Bihzad, universally recognised in Iran and the West alike as the supreme painter in the Persian tradition. Particular attention will be paid to the prime masterpiece of Persian literature, the Book of Kings (Shahnama) of Firdausi (d.1020) and the various themes that find pictorial expression through its many-layered text. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students will acquire a solid theoretical, historical and cultural framework for the field of Persian painting. A further aim will be to familiarise students with a wide variety of Persian texts. These will be religious, calendrical, historical, epic and lyric. Issues of patronage, technique and pictorial conventions will be tackled in the shifting contexts of different manuscripts, schools and periods. |
Assessment Information
| Principal means of assessment is a 4,000 word essay. In addition each candidate's performance will be monitored through the presentation of seminar material. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Study Abroad |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Robert Hillenbrand
Tel: (0131 6)50 4118
Email: R.Hillenbrand@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lucy Hawkins
Tel: 0131 221 6026
Email: Lucy.Hawkins@ed.ac.uk |
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