Porada E. The Art of Ancient Iran: Pre-Islamic cultures

Published by New York (Crown), 1965. 279 p.
The Art of Ancient Iran. Pre-Islamic Cultures, by Edith Porada, with the collaboration of R. H. Dyson and contributions by C. K. Wilkinson (New York, 1965), in 276 bookmarked and searchable PDF pages, lavishly illustrated with color plates and monochrome drawings. Attached to the document are links to additional resources. Compiled by Robert Bedrosian. Internet Archive has other works by the author (who was a world-renowned art historian and archaeologist specializing in Iran); as well as a selection of works related to Iranian art and architecture (various periods).The Geography of Ancient Iran
The Beginnings of Art
The Art of the Early Urban Civilization
The Art of the Akkad and Post-Akkad Periods in Western Iran; Contemporary Art works of North-eastern IranThe Art of the Elamites
The Bronzes of Luristan
The Finds from Marlik, the Gold Bowls of North-western Iran, and the ‘Amlash Culture’Finds of the Late Second and Early First Millennium B.C. at Sialk near KashanThe Finds of Hasanlu—the Art of the Manneans
The Treasure of Ziwiye
The Art of the Medes
The Art of the Achaemenids
The Art of the Seleucids
The Art of the Parthians
Sasanian ArtNotes
Map
Chart of Painted Pottery of Iran
Chronological Chart