The Legacy of Genghis Khan

In the 13th century, under the leadership of Genghis Khan, nomadic horsemen burst out of Mongolia and began their sweep across Asia, creating the largest empire the world has ever known. Particularly in China and Iran (Persia), the results were far-reaching: the Mongols imposed enormous changes but were also influenced by the highly developed civilizations of their new subjects...

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In the 13th century, under the leadership of Genghis Khan, nomadic horsemen burst out of Mongolia and began their sweep across Asia, creating the largest empire the world has ever known. Particularly in China and Iran (Persia), the results were far-reaching: the Mongols imposed enormous changes but were also influenced by the highly developed civilizations of their new subjects. During the century they ruled Iran - the period of the Ilkhanid dynasty (1256 to 1353) - the Mongols adopted Islam and sponsored a brilliant cultural flowering that encompassed many branches of the arts and transformed local Persian artistic traditions. This volume, which focuses on the Ilkhans and their culture, features some 200 extraordinary objects in colour, including manuscript paintings and illuminations, ceramic tiles, metalwork and textiles. Essays by eight scholars provide the historical and political background and address such subjects as the art of the book, religious art, and the transmission of designs across Asia.

Director's Foreword
Acknowledgments
Lenders to the Exhibition
Contributors to the Catalogue
Notes to the Reader
Introduction: On the Eve of the Mongol Conquest
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Director's Foreword
Acknowledgments
Lenders to the Exhibition
Contributors to the Catalogue
Notes to the Reader
Introduction: On the Eve of the Mongol Conquest
Linda Komaroff and Stefano Carboni
Map of the Mongol Empire
Map of Greater Iran
Genealogy of the Mongol Khans
1. The Mongols and Their Legacy
Morris Rossabi
2. The Mongols in Iran
Charles Melville
3. A Note on Artistic Exchanges in the Mongol Empire
James C. Y. Watt
4. Ilkhanid Courtly Life
Tomoko Masuya
5. The Religious Art of the Ilkhanids
Sheila Blair
6. The Arts of the Book in Ilkhanid Iran
Robert Hillenbrand
7. The Transmission and Dissemination of a New Visual Language
Linda Komaroff
8. Synthesis: Continuity and Innovation in Ilkhanid Art
Stefano Carboni
Technical Study 1: Close Examination of Leaves from the Great Mongol Shahnama
Sarah Bertalan
Technical Study 2: The Glazed Press-Molded Tiles of Takht-I Sulaiman
John Hirx, Marco Leona, and Pieter Meyers
Catalogue
Linda Komaroff and Stefano Carboni
Bibliography
Index
Photograph Credits
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