Royal Persian paintings : the Qajar epoch, 1785-1925 : [Brooklyn Museum of Art, Oct. 23, 1998-Jan. 24, 1999 / ed. by Layla S. Diba, with Maryam Ekhtiar ; essays by B.W. Robinson, Abbas Amanat, Layla S. Diba ,Maryam Ekhtiar ,Adel T. Adamova ,Afsaneh Najmabadi ,Peter Chelkowski

Bibliogr. p. 287-290. Index.

Qajar paintings: a personal reminiscence / B.W. Robinson -- Qajar Iran: a historical overview / Abbas Amanat -- Images of power and the power of images: intention and response in early Qajar painting (1785-1834) / Layla S. Diba -- From workshop and bazaar to academy: art training and production in Qajar Iran / Maryam Ekhtiar -- Art and diplomacy: Qajar paintings at the State Hermitage Museum / Adel T. Adamov -- Reading for gender through Qajar painting / Afsaneh Najmabadi -- Popular arts: patronage and piety / Peter Chelkowski -- Safavid period (1501-1722) -- Afsharid period (1736-47) -- Zand period (1750-79) -- Early Qajar period (1785-1834) -- Muhammad Shah period (1834-48) -- Nasir al-Din Shah period (1848-96) -- The last Qajars and the Constitutional period (1896-1925) -- Appendix: Materials of a group of Persian paintings