Persepolis After Lindon Smith: The Modernist Afterlife of the Ruins
Presented by Talinn Grigor, UC Davis
Originally aired Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Talinn Grigor traces the art history of the ruins of Persepolis in the aftermath of its excavation by Ernst Herzfeld and artistic renderings by Joseph Lindon Smith in the 1930s, including Reza Shah’s 1930s urban reform in Tehran and Mohammad Reza Shah’s 1971 celebration of “the 2,500-year Anniversary of the Founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great.” This lecture is in connection with the OI Museum Special Exhibition, "Joseph Lindon Smith: The Persepolis Paintings," now on display.


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