Table of Contents Notes on Transliteration Acknowledgments Introduction 1. ModernCulture And Its Affinity With Iranian Context 2. NationalismAnd Its Place In Iran''s Political Culture 3. ReligiousMovements And Their Relation To Iran''s Socio-Political Culture Chapter One: Historical Background 1.1. ATransformation In Qajar Art 1.2. TheDar Al-Funun 1.

3. TheEstablishment Of The Madrasa-I Sanayi''-I Mustazrafa (School Of Fine Art) In1911 1.4. MadrasaSanayi''-I Qadima (School Of Traditional Arts) And The Formation Of TheSo-Called School Of Tehran Chapter Two: Decades Of Hesitancy AndConfrontation: Modernism Versus The Status Quo 2.1. The Beginning Of The Modern ArtMovement In Iran: The 1940s 2.2. The Development Of Modern ArtPractices During The 1940s And 1950s Chapter Three: Questions Of Identity,Nativism And Nationalism Alongside Modernism In Art And Socio-PoliticalCulture: Neo-Traditionalist Movements 3.

1. TheNational School Of Art And The Obsession With Identity And Cultural Concerns:Saqqa-Khaneh Movement 3.2. Post-Saqqa-KhanehAnd Other Trends Chapter Four: Post-Revolutionary Art 4.1. Revolutionary Art And Artists: The Establishment Of The Artistic Centre OfIslamic Propaganda Organisation (Howzeh-I Hunari-I Sazman-I Tablighat-I Islami) 4.2. TheDevelopment Of Traditionalist Trends: Calligraphic Tendencies And MiniaturePainting 4.

3. Post-RevolutionaryModernism; Post-Revolutionary National Art Biennials, The State And CulturalPolicy: Cultural Identity In Question Chapter Five: Development OfContemporary Discourses: The Mid-1990s Onward 5.1. TheEmergence Of Contemporary Art 5.2. PerspectivesOn Contemporary Iranian Art: Navigating New Horizons 5.3. ContemporaryTensions: Cultural Particularity In Flux Chapter Six: Iranian Art In Diaspora 6.

1. In-BetweennessAnd The Ongoing Dialogue Between The Past And Present 6.2. ExploringThe Artistic Diaspora Bibliography Image Credits Index.