Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Fallacy of Origins -- 1. Ancient Iran in Western Art Historiography -- 2. The Persepolitan Style in British India -- 3. The Persian Revival as Iranian Modernity -- Epilogue: Copy's Imperialism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
"Examines Europe's discovery of ancient Iran, first in philology and then in art history, and explores the Persian Revival movement in light of imperial strategies of power, selfhood, and statehood in British India and Zand-Qajar-Pahlavi Iran"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) and index
