Narrative illustration in persian lithographed books / / Ulrich Marzolph.

• Superior document: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 60
• VerfasserIn: Marzolph, Ulrich,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2001]; 2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Series: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 60. Bd.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This study surveys a distinctive type of the "Islamic" book which has been largely neglected in previous scholarship: the genre of illustrated lithographed books produced in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Iran. In addition to introducing the history of printing in Iran and surveying the investigated sources, the study supplies basic data on genres of illustrated books, artists active in lithographic illustration, and aspects germane to this particular field of art. The documentation includes bibliographical references for 116 illustrated books in a total of 351 particular editions and 150 plates with several hundred single illustrations. Lithographic illustration in Iran constitutes the legitimate successor to manuscript illustration, both in content and style. Contrasting with the latter's refinement, lithographed illustrations were produced in large numbers and served as a powerful medium of popular iconography.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Genres of Illustrated Lithographed Books -- Artists Active in Lithographic Illustration -- Pecularities of Lithographic Illustration -- Epilogue -- Figures -- Legends To The Figures -- Sources -- Index of Names Mentioned in the Sources -- Bibliography -- Handbuch der Orientalistik.