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  2. Arts of Iran - Wikipedia

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    Median man in Persepolis Persian realist Gouache painting of the Qajar dynasty and soldiers in 1850-1851. The arts of Iran are one of the richest art heritages in world history and encompasses many traditional disciplines including architecture, painting, literature, music, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and stonemasonry.

  3. Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art - Wikipedia

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    Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in 1977 Central spiral walkway. According to Farah Pahlavi, the former empress of Iran, the idea for this museum happened when she was in conversation with artist Iran Darroudi during a gallery opening in the 1970s and Darroudi mentioned she wished there was a place to show work more permanently. [6]

  4. Category:Art museums and galleries in Iran - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Art museums and galleries in Iran" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Silk Road Gallery; T. Tehran Museum of ...

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Houston ...

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    This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places that are located in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston. The "Houston Heights" neighborhood borders are, approximately, Interstate 10 on the South, I-610 on the North, Interstate 45 on the East and Durham on the West.

  6. Persian art - Wikipedia

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    Qajar art refers to the art, architecture, and art-forms of the Qajar dynasty of the late Persian Empire, which lasted from 1781 to 1925. The boom in artistic expression that occurred during the Qajar era was the fortunate side effect of the period of relative peace that accompanied the rule of Agha Muhammad Khan and his descendants.

  7. List of museums in Iran - Wikipedia

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    Garden, Art Gallery National Car Museum of Iran: موزه ملی خودرو ایران Karaj: 2001 Museum National Jewelry Museum Tehran: Museum National Museum of Iran and Islamic Period Museum موزهٔ ملی ایران - Mūze-ye Melli-ye Irān: Tehran: 1937 Museum Natural History Museum of Isfahan (موزه تاریخ طبیعی ...

  8. Iranian modern and contemporary art - Wikipedia

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    Saqqakhaneh school is a movement of neo-traditional modern art that is found in Iran, rooted in a history of coffee-house paintings and Shiʿite Islam visual elements. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The word Saqqakhaneh originally referred to a type of water-fountain shrine found locally, and came to represent a movement characterised heavily by symbolism.

  9. Category:Iranian art - Wikipedia

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    Art museums and galleries in Iran (1 C, 12 P) P. Parthian art (1 C, 5 P) ... Pages in category "Iranian art" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.