Iran Press/ Europe: In 1598 the city of Isfahan became the new capital of Iran, signaling a vibrant transformation of political, spiritual, and cultural life under the Safavid dynasty.
Wealthy, successful, and ostentatious, Safavid Isfahan was a hub for dazzling urbanity throughout the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. New vistas opened up as a modern urban layout was drawn across this ancient city, and European merchant travelers published breathless accounts of their experiences.
Bringing together the internationally celebrated collections of the Chester Beatty with generous loans from the National Museum of Ireland, Meeting in Isfahan explores this cosmopolitan urban center of trade, ideas, and visual culture.
With 65 works from Chester Beatty’s Persian, Turkish, Arabic, and Armenian collections, as well as early printed books and maps from Europe, the Safavid-era Isfahan Exhibition features paintings and drawings by the most renowned artists of the Safavid period: Reza Abbasi, Muhammad Zaman, Mu`in Musavvir, and many others.
The day before the exhibition's official opening, the Iranian ambassador to Dublin, Massoud Eslami, visited the museum.
Earlier, a collaboration was established between the Chester Beatty Museum and the Golestan Museum Palace, and the two sides jointly performed cultural programs.
The exhibition will be open for six months.
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