Picturing the Shahnameh: Nov 11 2010

Picturing the Shahnameh: Word and Image in Ferdowsi's "Book of Kings" In commemoration of the millennium anniversary of the Persian Book of Kings and its continued relevance to Iran today Thursday, November 11, 2010, 6:30-8:00 pm Massumeh Farhad Chief Curator and Curator of Islamic Art Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Azar Nafisi Executive Director SAIS Cultural Conversations SAIS Nitze Building, Kenney Auditorium 1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 RSVP requested but not required - laustin@jhu.edu or (202) 663-5635 Image: Iskandar (Alexander the Great) at the Talking Tree, From a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020), Tabriz, Iran. Il-Khanid period, circa 1330-1336. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper. Freer Gallery of Art, Purchase F1935.23