Kadoi, Yuka (ed.). 2016. Arthur Upham Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art (Studies in Persian Cultural History 10). Boston: Brill.In Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art, fourteen scholars explore the legacy of Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) by tracing the formation of Persian art scholarship and connoisseurship during the twentieth century. Widely considered as a self-made scholar, curator, and entrepreneur, Pope was credited for establishing the basis of what we now categorize broadly as Persian art. His unrivalled professional achievement, together with his personal charisma, influenced the way in which many scholars and collectors worldwide came to understand the art, architecture and material culture of the Persian world. This ultimately resulted in the establishment of the aesthetic criteria for assessing the importance of cultural remains from modern-day Iran.
With contributions by Lindsay Allen, Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, Talinn Grigor, Robert Hillenbrand, Yuka Kadoi, Sumru Belger Krody, Judith A. Lerner, Kimberly Masteller, Cornelia Montgomery, Bernard O’Kane, Keelan Overton, Laura Weinstein, and Donald Whitcomb.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
- Yuka Kadoi : “Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art”
I. POPE, ACKERMAN, AND THEIR PEERS
- Robert Hillenbrand: “The Scramble for Persian Art: Pope and His Rivals”
- Talinn Grigor : “Gendered Politics of Persian Art: Pope and His Partner”
II. ARTHUR UPHAM POPE: LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS
- Jonathan M. Bloom : “Arthur Upham Pope: His Life and Times”
- Donald Whitcomb : “Archaeology in Iran and the Experience of Arthur Upham Pope”
- Bernard O’Kane : “Arthur Upham Pope and the Study of Persian Islamic Architecture”
III. CURATORS, COLLECTORS, AND ART DEALERS:
POPE AND PRE-ISLAMIC PERSIAN ART
- Lindsay Allen: “‘The Greatest Enterprise’: Arthur Upham Pope, Persepolis and Achaemenid Antiquities”
- Judith A. Lerner: “Arthur Upham Pope and the Sasanians“
IV. CURATORS, COLLECTORS, AND ART DEALERS:
POPE AND ISLAMIC PERSIAN ART
- Yuka Kadoi: “The Rise of Persian Art Connoisseurship: Arthur Upham Pope and Early Twentieth-Century Chicago”
- Kimberly Masteller: “Arthur Upham Pope and Collecting Persian Art for Kansas City”
- Sumru Belger Krody: “Equivocal Position as Expert or Dealer! The Long and Contentious Relationship of George Hewitt Myers and Arthur Upham Pope”
- Laura Weinstein: “My Dear Holmes: Arthur Upham Pope and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston”
- Keelan Overton: “Filming, Photographing and Purveying in ‘the New Iran’: the Legacy of Stephen H. Nyman, ca. 1937–42”
V. ARTHUR UPHAM POPE: HIS LEGACY
- Sheila S. Blair: ” Surveying Persian Art in Light of A Survey of Persian Art”
- Cornelia Montgomery: “Arthur Upham Pope: A Personal Memoir”
Yuka Kadoi, Ph.D. (2005), University of Edinburgh is a scholar of Islamic art and Persian art historiography. She has written and edited numerous books and articles, including Islamic Chinoiserie (2009); The Shaping of Persian Art (2013); and Jades from Eastern Lands (forthcoming).