Dec 1973
VOLUME 4 - NUMBER 12
Arts of Isfahan
Storied Cities of Ceylon
Themes in Chinese Jade
The Exile Island
Ritual of Rice
Cover. A work atypical 0f most seventeenth-century Iranian art is Muhammad Zaman's The Return from the Flight into Egypt, based on an engraving by the Flemish master Lucas Vosterman after Peter Paul Rubens' painting of the same name. Zaman ordinarily worked for his Muslim patrons at the imperial court of Isfahan, but that so noted an artist could be commissioned to paint on a New Testament theme indicates the power and influence of Isfahan's Armenian Christian community. The community had been forcibly resettled in Isfahan by one of Iran's most notable monarchs, Shah 'Abbas I. Painting is courtesy Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge; gift of John Goelet.
FEATURES
Nestor Cervante. Ambrosia of the Hawaiian Gods
Jack Goldfarb. Bangkok Traffic: All Thai-ed Up
Alan B. Chalkley. Games of the Generals in Thailand
Kishor Parekh. Sacred Cities of Ceylon
Eric Crystal. Ritual Renewal of Rice
The Arts of Isfahan, in cooperation with The Asia Society
Joan M. Hartman. Favorite Themes in Chinese Jade
NEWS
Festive Lights of Christmas
Hachijo: Isle of Exile
None Like Nonya
The Sculptor-Turned-Printer
Discoveries
Storied Guide to Storied Cities
On an Exile Island
What's Coming in Orientations
VOLUME 4 - NUMBER 12
Arts of Isfahan
Storied Cities of Ceylon
Themes in Chinese Jade
The Exile Island
Ritual of Rice
Cover. A work atypical 0f most seventeenth-century Iranian art is Muhammad Zaman's The Return from the Flight into Egypt, based on an engraving by the Flemish master Lucas Vosterman after Peter Paul Rubens' painting of the same name. Zaman ordinarily worked for his Muslim patrons at the imperial court of Isfahan, but that so noted an artist could be commissioned to paint on a New Testament theme indicates the power and influence of Isfahan's Armenian Christian community. The community had been forcibly resettled in Isfahan by one of Iran's most notable monarchs, Shah 'Abbas I. Painting is courtesy Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge; gift of John Goelet.
FEATURES
Nestor Cervante. Ambrosia of the Hawaiian Gods
Jack Goldfarb. Bangkok Traffic: All Thai-ed Up
Alan B. Chalkley. Games of the Generals in Thailand
Kishor Parekh. Sacred Cities of Ceylon
Eric Crystal. Ritual Renewal of Rice
The Arts of Isfahan, in cooperation with The Asia Society
Joan M. Hartman. Favorite Themes in Chinese Jade
NEWS
Festive Lights of Christmas
Hachijo: Isle of Exile
None Like Nonya
The Sculptor-Turned-Printer
Discoveries
Storied Guide to Storied Cities
On an Exile Island
What's Coming in Orientations
VOLUME 4 - NUMBER 12
Arts of Isfahan
Storied Cities of Ceylon
Themes in Chinese Jade
The Exile Island
Ritual of Rice
Cover. A work atypical 0f most seventeenth-century Iranian art is Muhammad Zaman's The Return from the Flight into Egypt, based on an engraving by the Flemish master Lucas Vosterman after Peter Paul Rubens' painting of the same name. Zaman ordinarily worked for his Muslim patrons at the imperial court of Isfahan, but that so noted an artist could be commissioned to paint on a New Testament theme indicates the power and influence of Isfahan's Armenian Christian community. The community had been forcibly resettled in Isfahan by one of Iran's most notable monarchs, Shah 'Abbas I. Painting is courtesy Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge; gift of John Goelet.
FEATURES
Nestor Cervante. Ambrosia of the Hawaiian Gods
Jack Goldfarb. Bangkok Traffic: All Thai-ed Up
Alan B. Chalkley. Games of the Generals in Thailand
Kishor Parekh. Sacred Cities of Ceylon
Eric Crystal. Ritual Renewal of Rice
The Arts of Isfahan, in cooperation with The Asia Society
Joan M. Hartman. Favorite Themes in Chinese Jade
NEWS
Festive Lights of Christmas
Hachijo: Isle of Exile
None Like Nonya
The Sculptor-Turned-Printer
Discoveries
Storied Guide to Storied Cities
On an Exile Island
What's Coming in Orientations