The Persian carpet tradition : six centuries of design evolution /

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Author / Creator:Ford, P. R. J., author.
Imprint:[United Kingdom] : P.R.J. Ford, [2019]
Woodbridge, UK : Distribution ACC Publishing
Description:352 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 32 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11936089
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ISBN:9781898113621
1898113629
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-346) and index.
Summary:Between 1400 and 1500 a design revolution in Persia swept away a 2000-year-old tradition of carpet design, replacing abstract geometric patterns with complex floral scrolls dominated by a central medallion derived from the Chinese cloud-collar shape. This revolution represents a major event in world art history, comparable to that which occurred at the same time in Renaissance Italy. It was followed over the next four centuries by a second revolution, during which the principal design elements of the first permeated carpet production at every level throughout Persia and continue to dominate it to this day.

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