به مناسبت بازگشت الواح هخامنشی به ایران – تهران, سپتامبر -۲۰۲۳ در دو سال گذشته موزه گلاسکو(اسکاتلند) اولین موزه انگلستان بودکه اشیاء هندی موزه اش را را به هند بازگرداند. موزه نیوکاسل و موزه هورنیمان در جنوب لندن نیزبا برگرداندن بنین برنزغارت شده به نیجریه دنباله روی موزه های آبردین و کمبریج بودند. اما موزه های لندن همچنان تمایلی به این کار نشان نمیدهند مراسم بازگرداندن اشیا هندی اوت ۲۰۲۲ مراسم بازگشت بنین برنز ۲۷ اکتبر ۲۰۲۱ برای دریافت مجسمه شاهزاده آگاتیس، برادر کوچکتر پادشا ه فعلی بنین , رئیس چارلز اووونسی-ایوزوزوموان , اوباسوی بنین , پروفسور ابا عیسی تیجانی , مدیر کمیسیون ملی موزه ها ..read more

حدود ۱۵۰ سال پیش کنت ژولین دو روشوشوا (وزیر فرانسوی) درخاطرات سفر ایران خود درسال ۱۲۴۶ شمسی :یا ۱۸۶۷میلادی اینطور میگوید .آجرهای تزئینی مسجد نطنززیباترین آجرهای میناکاری شده در ایران است کاشی از مجموعه حرم امامزاده عبدالصمد، نطنز (منبع: موزه متروپولیتن، نیویورک) سفالگران ایرانی در قرون وسطای اروپا یعنی در سالهای پس از فرو پاشی روم و قبل از رنسانس (۱۰-۵ میلادی)، در ۶۰ کیلومتری نطنز- در کاشان- به تکنیک “نقاشی براق” را روی سطح کا شی دست یافتند . آنها برروی لعاب قبلاً پخته شده ترکیبات اکسیدهای فلزی را قبل از پخت مجدد دوباره اعمال می کردند که توسط *.ان “سطح فلزی درخشان” یا “نقاشی براق” را روی ..read more

Special thanks to Steve Everly for his 2016 article that contributed to the main body of this adaptation. (The Top-Secret Cold War Plan, By STEVE EVERLY, Politico Magazine,  June 23, 2016) Suggested readings and references:   Additional photographs and materials were sourced from various open source- libraries, museums, and archives. … (see more archived documents, articles, film, etc.) … (see more archived photos ..read more

2020 Parthian shot Competition, Shiraz, Iran (Photo: A Berenjkar) After their defeat from Alexander of Macedonia, Parthians – an Iranian tribe of the Caspian Sea – established another long- lasting Iranian empire from 240 BC to 224 AD. At its height, it stretched from Anatolia to the Indus Valley and from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf. They were known as skilled cavalrymen who were remarkably adept at aiming their bows both backwards and forwards at enemies. ‘The Parthians were known as skilled cavalrymen who were remarkably adept at aiming their bows both backwards and forwards at en ..read more

The lost Stories of Art and Architecture in Iran (The Ardebil Carpet; a 2-part series) The V&A Museum description of Ardebil carpet: ‘ The lamps shown hanging from the centrepiece (medallion) are of different sizes. Some say that this was done to create a perspective effect.’ And here is the mystery: In a perfectly symmetric piece of art why are the two lanterns different in size? Could it be the perspective as the Museum suggests? Suggesting ‘If one stands at the bottom of the carpet the two lanterns would appear to be in the same size.’ ‘Perspective’ as suggested, might be one interpreta ..read more

Photo and video, courtesy of YouTube (tumeplais) _ The lost Stories of Art and Architecture in Iran Arabs conquered Iran (then Persia) in 636 AD when the kings of the Sassanian dynasty were in power for over four centuries. When the Muslims seized the palace of the Sassanian king in their capital in Ctesiphon (تیسفون), or current Baghdad (بغداد ), they discovered an enormous carpet in the throne room.* The carpet was called “The Springtime of King Khosroes.”44 This enormous carpet was approximately 30 metres x 150 metres.* Historians report that this monumental carpet depicted a series of gar ..read more

The lost Stories of Art and Literature (Part 2 of a 9-part series on Rabindranath Tagore) Dr Leonard Lewisohn notes that ‘although Persian Sufi ideas constitute a significant feature of Tagore’s philosophical and mystical thought, these aspects are generally disregarded by critics of his writings*. With no formal education, Tagore received the 1913 literary Nobel Prize for his spiritual poems. In this 9-part series, we take a look at his upbringing and his views. Persian Newspapers (17th Century Bengal) The widespread of the Persian language led to the first Persian-language newspapers soon af ..read more

The lost Stories of Art and Architecture in Iran (Part 1 of a 2-part series) This is 10 Downing street, London. Which of these artworks do you think might have an identical copy in Hitler’s Berlin office? Is it an item of furniture? Or one of the paintings on the wall? It is the carpet on the floor. It is called The ‘Ardebil’ Carpet. However, the carpet in the Downing Street office is one of the many copies of the original Persian Ardebil Carpet that the Safavid King, Shah Ismail, commissioned for the shrine of his ancestor, شیخ صفی الدین اردبیلی Shaykh Safi-Addin Ardebili.* Safavid dynasty t ..read more

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