Farhad, 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