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Book SynopsisIn Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art, fourteen scholars explore the legacy of Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) by tracing the formation of Persian art scholarship and connoisseurship during the twentieth century. Widely considered as a self-made scholar, curator, and entrepreneur, Pope was credited for establishing the basis of what we now categorize broadly as Persian art. His unrivalled professional achievement, together with his personal charisma, influenced the way in which many scholars and collectors worldwide came to understand the art, architecture and material culture of the Persian world. This ultimately resulted in the establishment of the aesthetic criteria for assessing the importance of cultural remains from modern-day Iran. With contributions by Lindsay Allen, Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, Talinn Grigor, Robert Hillenbrand, Yuka Kadoi, Sumru Belger Krody, Judith A. Lerner, Kimberly Masteller, Cornelia Montgomery, Bernard O’Kane, Keelan Overton, Laura Weinstein, and Donald Whitcomb.
Trade Review"In addition to offering an overview of Pope's role in the study of Persian art, the book provides new insights into the historiography of Islamic art." – Sarah Piram, in: Abstracta Iranica 37-39 (2018) [http://journals.openedition.org/abstractairanica/42714]. "Kadoi’s edited volume, which gauges the impact of American Orientalist Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) on the fields of Iranian art, architecture and archaeology, joins an ever-expanding literature on the historiography of Islamic art and architecture.... the papers introduce a variety of valuable perspectives and much that is new. We form a good understanding of the characters populating – and the life of – an unfolding field" – David J. Roxburgh, in: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (2018)
Table of ContentsCONTENTS List of Illustrations Abbreviations Note to the Reader Preface and Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art Yuka Kadoi I. POPE, ACKERMAN, AND THEIR PEERS The Scramble for Persian Art: Pope and His Rivals Robert Hillenbrand Gendered Politics of Persian Art: Pope and His Partner Talinn Grigor II. ARTHUR UPHAM POPE: LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS Arthur Upham Pope: His Life and Times Jonathan M. Bloom Archaeology in Iran and the Experience of Arthur Upham Pope Donald Whitcomb Arthur Upham Pope and the Study of Persian Islamic Architecture Bernard O'Kane III. CURATORS, COLLECTORS, AND ART DEALERS: POPE AND PRE-ISLAMIC PERSIAN ART ‘The Greatest Enterprise’: Arthur Upham Pope, Persepolis and Achaemenid Antiquities Lindsay Allen Arthur Upham Pope and the Sasanians Judith A. Lerner IV. CURATORS, COLLECTORS, AND ART DEALERS: POPE AND ISLAMIC PERSIAN ART The Rise of Persian Art Connoisseurship: Arthur Upham Pope and Early Twentieth-Century Chicago Yuka Kadoi Arthur Upham Pope and Collecting Persian Art for Kansas City Kimberly Masteller Equivocal Position as Expert or Dealer! The Long and Contentious Relationship of George Hewitt Myers and Arthur Upham Pope Sumru Belger Krody My Dear Holmes: Arthur Upham Pope and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Laura Weinstein Filming, Photographing and Purveying in ‘the New Iran’: the Legacy of Stephen H. Nyman, ca. 1937–42 Keelan Overton V. ARTHUR UPHAM POPE: HIS LEGACY Surveying Persian Art in Light of A Survey of Persian Art Sheila S. Blair Arthur Upham Pope: A Personal Memoir Cornelia Montgomery List of Contributors Index
