The Spirit Of Iran: A History of Achievement from Adversity

"This book is aimed at demonstrating the continuity of a characteristic Iranian artistic genius which is marked by the capacity for appreciation of nature sufficiently sensitive for the leap to be made from the reality of natural objects to abstract symbols representative of them. The persistence of a distinctive way of looking at nature, reproducing it in art, and illustrating Man's close, congenial relationship with his environment, are the themes which this book sets out to expose as peculiar to Iranian culture. It is perhaps superfluous to say that this peculiarity harks back to Man's special relationship with nature as inculcated in Zoroastrianism: as well as an ancient and continuing Iranian trait, it is sanctified by Iran's ancient religious tradition."Peter Avery is the author of 'The Spirit Of Iran: A History of Achievement from Adversity', published 2007 under ISBN 9781568590776 and ISBN 1568590776.