Arthur Upham Pope (1881-1969), was an American archaeologist and historian of Persian art. The Persians of Iran (officially named Persia by West until 1935 while still referred to as Persia by some) are an Iranian people who speak Persian (locally named Fârsi by native speakers) and often refer to themselves as ethnic Iranians as well. ...

Born in Phoenix, Rhode Island, Pope taught at Amherst College and the University of California. He married fellow Persian art historian, Phyllis Ackerman, in 1920. In 1923, Pope was appointed director of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Two years later, he went to Iran to complete research and serve as an art advisor to the Iranian government. He traveled around the world giving lectures and curating exhibitions of Persian art. In 1930, he edited the Survey of Persian Art. In 1934 he hired the budding Islamicist Richard Ettinghausen. The International Association of Iranian Art elected him president in 1960. Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. It is the third oldest college in Massachusetts. ... Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced Riverside San Diego Santa Barbara Santa Cruz UC Office of the President in Oakland The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California. ...

Arthur Upham Pope and his wife Phyllis Ackerman were pioneers in the study of the arts of Asia, with a paramount dedication to Persian art, history, heritage and culture, and its interrelations. Their efforts led to the establishment in 1925 of the American Institute for Persian Art and Archaeology, which later became the Asia Institute, in New York City and their unique programs of research, publications, exhibitions and educational instruction continued at the Institute and around the world until their retirement. Pope is often credited with being responsible for helping revive the spirit of Iran's glorious past in the Pahlavi era. General Reza Khan is particularly said to have been moved by Pope's Persian nationalist speech in 1925.^[1](p.41-42) New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The Pahlavi script was used broadly in the Sasanid Persian Empire to write down Middle Persian for secular, as well as religious purposes. ... Reza Pahlavi (Persian: رضا پهلوی, born October 31, 1960) is the former Crown Prince of Iran, the eldest son of late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his Empress Consort, Farah Diba. ...

House of Ghavam, where the Shiraz University Asia Institute was founded.

In 1964, during a state visit to Iran, Professor Pope and Dr. Ackerman were formally invited to move The Asia Institute in Shiraz as an independent research center of publication and study, which would be housed in the Narenjestan, the beautiful compound of the Ghavam ol-Molk Shirazi. They accepted this generous offer and following months of planning, packing and organization, they returned permanently to Iran in 1966. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1120x750, 895 KB) Summary I took this image with a Fuji 200 Slide film camera. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1120x750, 895 KB) Summary I took this image with a Fuji 200 Slide film camera. ... Qavam House (also widely called Narenjestan Qavam) is a traditional and historical house in Shiraz, Iran. ... Shiraz University of Medical Sciences is a well established medical school of Iran that even admits foreign students. ... Eram Garden, Shiraz most popular garden. ...

Professor Pope and Dr. Ackerman were to spend their final days in Iran and upon their death, they were provided with a magnificent mausoleum built in Professor Pope Park on the banks of the Zayandeh River in their beloved city of Isfahan. This unique tribute by Iran for two of America's pioneer scholars of Persian studies, and their remarkable achievements during lives dedicated to art, culture, beauty and heritage, is best told in the biography of Professor Pope and Dr. Ackerman, edited by Noël Siver and Jay & Sumi Gluck. Zayandeh River as it passes under 33 pol in Isfahan. ... Part of Shah Abbas large urban project in his new capital, the Chahār Bāgh Four Gardens, is a four-kilometer avenue in the city of Isfahan. ...

External links

• Professor Pope, as recalled from another perspective.
• Professor Pope mausoleum, beside Zayandeh-rud river, Esfahan [1].

Notes

1. ^ "(re)Framing Rapid Modernities: American Historians of Iranian Architecture, Phyllis Ackerman and Arthur Pope" by Talinn Grigor. Arris, Vol 15, p39-55.

See also

• Famous Americans in Iran