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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Arts of Persia, by H. Kevorkian This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Arts of Persia & Other Countries of Islam Author: H. Kevorkian Release Date: August 28, 2008 [EBook #26473] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ARTS OF PERSIA *** Produced by Fritz Ohrenschall, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Transcriber's Note: The main text in this book is interspersed with numerous illustrations and accompanying text. In this e-book, the illustrations and accompanying text are set off from the main text by lines of asterisks. For the reader's convenience, where the original indicates that the main text is continued on another page (e.g., [CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE]), the page on which it is continued is marked with a page number, e.g., [PAGE 3].] SPECIAL EXHIBITION THE ARTS OF PERSIA & OTHER COUNTRIES OF ISLAM H. KEVORKIAN COLLECTION [Illustration] FROM THURSDAY, APRIL TWENTY-SECOND TO SATURDAY, MAY FIFTEENTH, INCLUSIVE ON THE ENTIRE THIRD FLOOR THE ANDERSON GALLERIES 489 PARK AVENUE AT FIFTY-NINTH STREET, NEW YORK 1926 THE ENTIRE THIRD FLOOR GALLERIES FROM THURSDAY, APRIL TWENTY-SECOND TO SATURDAY, MAY FIFTEENTH, INCLUSIVE [OPEN WEEK-DAYS, 9-6; SUNDAYS, 2-5 P.M.] * * * * * [Illustration: STUCCO BAS-RELIEF, PAINTED IN POLYCHROME. EXCAVATED AT RAY (RHAGES) ANTERIOR TO THE XIITH CENTURY] This exhibition has been arranged with a desire to meet the convenience of those who are interested in manifestations of the arts of different countries over which ISLAM held sway at one time or other in the past. An effort has been made to show under one roof representative examples of works produced at different epochs and stages of the civilizations referred to, so that they may be seen, and perhaps studied, with the minimum expenditure of time. Fine examples of many branches of the arts of these peoples are in permanent exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, and the museums of great cities throughout the country. It is difficult to find adequate word
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