Context and its Consequences: The Mystery of Median Art

Author: Bridget Bracken Sub-editor: Pamela Piechowicz Image Credit: Medes and Persians at eastern stairs of the Apadana, Persepolis. Wikipedia Commons. The Iron-Age Iranian peoples known as the Medes, and the classification of their art, are one of the most controversial topics in Near Eastern archaeology. Whether there is art that can be classified as definitively “Median” and…

Class Veiling in Cold War Iran

When discussing the politicisation of the veil throughout history, few cases have attracted as much attention as Iran. Sartorial and religious discourses concerning veiling in Iran have typically examined its use in the context of a conflict between traditionalist and modernist groups.