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1. smarthistory.org › sasanian-artSmarthistory – Sasanian art

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   Dec 6, 2023 · Sasanian Art and Archaeology. A court artisan created this luxurious, handheld plate under the Sasanian Dynasty (224–651 C.E.). The Sasanians were the last pre-Islamic Iranian dynasty who ruled an expansive empire stretching across western and central Asia. The Sasanians called their empire Eranshahr, the Empire of the Iranians.

2. iranicaonline.org › articles › art-in-iran-v-sasanianART IN IRAN v. SASANIAN ART – Encyclopaedia Iranica

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   Dec 15, 1986 · Sasanian art is an expression of the social and religious institutions that developed in Iran during the first half of the first millennium A.D. A powerful central authority, the monarchy, and an established state religion, Zoroastrianism, dominated and ordered daily life. In Sasanian art there is a clear emphasis on order and clarity of design.

3. asia-archive.si.edu › research › scholarly-programsThe Sasanians in Context: Art, History, and Archaeology

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   October 21–22, 2022 10 a.m.–5 p.m. EST Hybrid event In-person attendees register on eventbrite here. Virtual attendees register on Zoom here. Between the third and seventh centuries CE, the Sasanian Empire became one of the most dominant powers in the ancient world, extending geographically from Western to Central Asia. From monumental buildings and impressive rock reliefs to elaborately ...

4. asia-archive.si.edu › exhibition › the-shapur-plateThe Sasanians: The Sasanian Empire - Smithsonian's National ...

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   The Sasanians ruled Iran from 224 CE until the Arab conquests in the seventh century. At its height, the Sasanian Empire controlled a territory that extended from Egypt to Central Asia, and for many years it was the most forbidding rival of the Roman Empire. They consolidated Iran under one bureaucratic system and ruled the vast territory from ...

5. www.metmuseum.org › art › collectionSasanian | Sasanian - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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   “The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire,” Asia House Gallery, New York, The Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. “Splendeur des Sassanides: L’Empire Perse Entre Rome et la Chine,” Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, February 12–April 25, 1993.

6. www.metmuseum.org › topical-essays › postsThe Sasanians | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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   May 17, 2012 · The Sasanians. May 17, 2012. Betsy Williams, Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellow, Department of Islamic Art. Although the Sasanian (Sasanid) empire was centered in Mesopotamia, it played a major role in religious, political, and visual culture in the Byzantine and early Islamic eastern Mediterranean. The dynasty's founding can be traced to Ardashir ...

7. www.jstor.org › stable › 25151993Sasanian Art in Cleveland - JSTOR

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   Sasanian Art in Cleveland The Sasanian kings (A.D. 226-641) counted them selves direct successors of the great Achaemenid dy nasty founded by Cyrus the Great in the seventh century B.C. Sasan, the eponym of the dynasty and grandfather of its founder, Ardashir I, had been an important priest in the temple of Anahita at Istakre,