This exhibition combines superb aerial photos of Iranian landscapes and archaeological sites by the internationally acclaimed photographer Georg Gerster (the subject of a recent exhibition at the British Museum). With this exhibition, the museum aims to draw attention to Iran's rich cultural history and magnificent landscape, two features often overlooked in current media coverage.
The spectacular aerial views reveal not only unexpected diversity, but also surprisingly artistic compositions: the vast emptiness of the desert, cobalt-blue lakes, snow-capped mountains, the stark contrasts around oases, and the graphic lines of rice fields. These breathtaking natural scenes alternate with intriguing images of archaeological sites, monuments, cultural centres such as Isfahan, and the Towers of Silence erected by the Zoroastrians, adherents of Iran’s pre-Islamic religion.
The museum's Iran collection is truly world class. Its size, diversity, and superb quality - as well as its antiquity, with the earliest objects dating from about 5000 BC - make it unique in the Netherlands
Speciale Iran-avond: Iran Night on November 21, 7:30-9:30 PM, see:
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