Wedding of Greek deities: Thetis and Peleus (Italy 50BC – 50AD)
Art museums often lend each other masterpieces. This year, however, marked a first — a large-scale show by a major Western museum in Iran! The world’s largest museum, the Louvre, proudly calls it, “…an outstanding cultural and diplomatic event for both countries.”
The Louvre contributed fifty masterpieces for “The Louvre at Tehran” to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Iran’s National Museum. Meantime, back in France, The Louvre exhibited, “The Rose Garden: Masterpieces of Persian Art from the 19th Century, on Qajar dynasty Iran.”
Lucky for us, my husband happened to be in Tehran to snap these photos for us. The art spanned centuries. Hover over the pictures for descriptions and click on them to see full-sized.
Assyrian sphynx in Iran via the Louvre
Marcus Aurelius (Roman art around 170AD)
Ottoman Sultan Mustafa II by Levni (Turkey 1700-1720)
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28 thoughts on “Part 1: The Louvre visits Tehran”
Thanks for sharing these magnificent pieces. I am pleasantly surprised that the mullahs agreed to this display.
me too – but Iran as halfway decent relationship with France — all their best scholars used to go to French universities. farsi even now includes some french as a result, ie ‘merci’. of course, they call their beautiful french desserts persian lol
dunno – I got an email saying you’d reblogged it, but then the link didn’t work — have you contacted wordpress? they’ve often helped me & they’re often reachable via online chat
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Dear readers and fellow bloggers;
Da-al is a versatile and affectionate blogger that I have met through our web pages, instantly becoming good friends. She had the kindness to re-blog two of my articles and I feel compelled to return her polite gesture today as I read her extraordinary article about this Louvre exhibition in Tehran, Her husband took these outstanding pictures, which tell us various stories about Mankind. Please enjoy them.
What do you think? Please tell us.
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Thanks for sharing these magnificent pieces. I am pleasantly surprised that the mullahs agreed to this display.
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me too – but Iran as halfway decent relationship with France — all their best scholars used to go to French universities. farsi even now includes some french as a result, ie ‘merci’. of course, they call their beautiful french desserts persian lol
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Wonderful exhibit – wonderful exchange.
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Good posts.
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I couldn’t re-blog it. Do I need your permission first?
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dunno – I got an email saying you’d reblogged it, but then the link didn’t work — have you contacted wordpress? they’ve often helped me & they’re often reachable via online chat
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Reblogged this on Dr. Mario O. Laplume and commented:
Dear readers and fellow bloggers;
Da-al is a versatile and affectionate blogger that I have met through our web pages, instantly becoming good friends. She had the kindness to re-blog two of my articles and I feel compelled to return her polite gesture today as I read her extraordinary article about this Louvre exhibition in Tehran, Her husband took these outstanding pictures, which tell us various stories about Mankind. Please enjoy them.
What do you think? Please tell us.
Don’t leave me alone.
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