The Influence of Greek Aesthetic Characteristics on Parthian Sculpture: A Review on the Evolution of the Parthian Art

Authors
Alireza Qaderi 1
Farhang K. Nadooshan 2
Seyyed Mehdi Mousavi Kouhpar 3
Javad Neyestani 4
Javad Neyestani 3
1 PhD Student of Archeology, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran.
2 Associate Professor, Department of Archeology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Archeology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran.
4 Assistant Professor, Department of Archeology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran
Abstract
From the middle of the first millennium BC, there witnessed a gradual bilateral relation between Iranians and Greeks. These people to people attachments also resulted in interactive influences between these two cultures and arts. Qualitative and quantitative investigation on these interactions is a basic issue in identifying both cultures.
The current paper, among all miscellaneous influences of Hellenism on the culture and the art of the Parthian realm, attempts to analyze only the influences of basics and rules of the Greek aestheticism on the Parthian sculpture and come to a historical conclusion based on an inductive method.

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The International Journal of Humanities
Volume 22, Issue 4
Autumn 2015
Pages 53-85