Farhad, Massumeh
Fellowship Advisor Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery staffFarhad, Massumeh
Fellowship Advisor Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery staffIslamic Art, Persian painting.
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., Wellesley College
- M.A., Harvard University
- Ph.D., Harvard University
Awards And Honors
- Secretary's Research Prize, conferred by Office of the Secretary, 2017
Research And Grants
Investigator On
- Ancient Iranian and Islamic Art awarded by The Bodri Foundation
- Bodri Foundation awarded by The Bodri Foundation
- Islamic Arts of the Book at the Smithsonian: Providing for Research Across Disciplines awarded by Council on Library Information Resources (CLIR)
- Persian Cultural Outreach Initiative awarded by Peninsula Community Foundation
- The Late Chalcolithic Period 3-5 in the Highlands of the Qara Dagh Valley: The Investigation og Ban Qala awarded by Rust Family Foundation
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Farhad, Massumeh. 2012. "The Henri Vever Collection." Orientations, 43, (7) 57. 2012
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Book
- Farhad, Massumeh, McWilliams, Mary, and Rettig, Simon. 2017. A Collector's Passion: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar and Persian Lacquer. Freer and Sackler and Harvard Art Museums. 2017
- Farhad, Massumeh. 2009. Falnama: The Book of Omens / Bagci, Serpil. Washington, D.C.: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. 2009
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Chapter
- Farhad, Massumeh. 2016. "The Divan of Sultan Ahmad Jalayir and the Diez and Istanbul Albums." In The Diez Albums: Contexts and Contents. Gonnella, Julia, Weis, Friederike, and Rauch, Christoph, editors. 485–512. Leiden/Boston: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004323483_019. 2016
- Farhad, Massumeh. 2015. "Between the Past and the Future fālnāma (Book of Omens) in the 16th and early 17th Centuries." In People of the Prophet's House: Artistic and Ritual Expressions of Shi'i Islam. Suleman, Fahmida, editor. London: Azimuth Publications. 2015
- Farhad, Massumeh. 2010. "Biblical Manuscripts." In Ideals of Beauty: Asian and American Art in the Freer and Sackler Galleries. 50–55. New York: Thams&Hudson. 2010
- Farhad, Massumeh. 2010. "Islamic Art." In Ideals of Beauty: Asian and American Art in the Freer and Sackler Galleries. 118–137. New York: Thames&Hudson. 2010
- Farhad, Massumeh. 2010. "The Ancient World." In Ideals of Beauty: Asian and American Art in the Freer and Sackler Galleries. 38–49. New York: Thames & Hudson. 2010
- Farhad, Massumeh. 2007. "Isfahan XI. School of Painting and Calligraphy." In Encyclopaedia Iranica. 40–43. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 13 2007
Editor Of
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Book
- Farhad, Massumeh and Rettig, Simon, editors. 2016. The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts. Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. 2016
