Esteem and the City: the Palaces of Dariusand Xerxes in Cincinnati from iran relief Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 16 min 22 sec ✓ Published: 10-Jun-2022
Description: Dr. Lindsay Allen, Senior Lecturer in Greek and Near Eastern History, King’s College London.nnCincinnati Art Museum houses a notable selection of three fragments from the Achaemenid ruin of Persepolis, Iran. This paper explores how the interwar, international art market and trends in post-war, American civic development combined to embed the ancient city in the modern. The ancient stone carvings themselves were taken from the Palaces of Darius I (r. 522–486 BCE) and his son Xerxes I (r. 486
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