The Presentation Ceremony of Nine Books on the Art and Culture of Isfahan School

The forth session of presentation ceremony of books published by the Academy of Arts press was devoted to books printed for Isfahan School Conference.

As Reported by the Public Relations of the Academy of Arts, at the session nine books printed for Isfahan School Conference by the Academy of Arts press were presented at the cinematheque of Saba Cultural-Artistic Institute on Sunday, December 3: Earthly and Heavenly (An Observation of Iranian Calligraphy from Past to Present) The Dialogues of Ali-Reza Hasheminezhad with Maestro Aidin Aqdashloo; Ta'ziyeh in Iraq and some Islamic Countries A Study on Literary, Social and Political values of Ta'ziyeh translated by Majid Sarsangi; Ardabil, the Domed Mausoleum of Sheikh Safi (Ardabil Grabmoschee Des Schech Ssafi) translated by Sedigheh Khansari Mousavi; The Rebellious Reformer, the Drawings and Paintings of Riza-yi-Abbasi translated by Yaghoob Azhand; Drama in Safavid Era by Yaghoob Azhand and Poetic Terms in Safavid Era by Fatemeh Alaqeh.

At first, the director of the Public Relations of the Academy of Arts, Behzad Mortazavi briefly introduced Isfahan School Conference which will be held on December 10-14 in Tehran and Isfahan. "We were supposed to present four books but due to efforts made by the Academy of Arts Press five other books were printed and will be presented at this session," he said.



Subsequently the director of the Academy of Arts Press, Ali-Reza Esma'eili indicated that more than fifty books are due to be published on Isfahan School Conference in eight categories (painting, handicraft, music, wisdom, literature, architecture and town planning). "Before the conference kicks off, we intend to publish more than twenty books on these categories. But the quantity of printed books is not the major point, indeed most of the books are authored in Farsi and we are to introduce some manuscripts," he stated.

On the manuscripts due to be published for Isfahan School Conference, Esma'eili said: "The Qur'anic Selection calligraphed by Al-Reza Abbasi will be printed in collaboration with the Creation Center of Astan Qods Razavi. Also the Mathnavi caligraphed by Vessal is to be published in cooperation with Iran's National Library before the conference. In respect to music, we will print the manuscript of Fonton pamphlet."

Folowing the session two books Earthly and Heavenly and Ta'ziyeh in Iraq and some Islamic Countries were presented while Ali-Reza Hasheminezhad and Majid Sarsangi as author of the first book and translator of the second were attended the ceremony. The secretary of International Relations Department at Isfahan School Conference, Dr. Mehrdad Ahmadian; a member of scholarly council at the Academy of Arts and a supreme advisor of the conference, Dr. Muhammad-Mahdi Harati and the secretary of Handicrafts Department of Isfahan School Conference, Dr. Hussein Yavari offered their opinions on the books.

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