Order of the Lion and the Sun medallion, Iran, ca. 1840.
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Article Author: Masterpieces of the East and West
Media Source: The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Date: 4 October 2018
Transforming Traditions: The Arts of 19th-Century Iran, the new exhibition at Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum until 10 February 2019, captures the country at a time when it was being pulled by outside forces, both Western and Asian, even as it sought to consolidate its territories and identity. The resulting conflict is writ large in…
Transforming Traditions: The Arts of 19th-Century Iran, the new exhibition at Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum until 10 February 2019, captures the country at a time when it was being pulled by outside forces, both Western and Asian, even as it sought to consolidate its territories and identity. The resulting conflict is writ large in the fascinating arts and crafts produced under the Qajar dynasty (1794–1925).