Arthur Upham Pope

Arthur Upham Pope
Pope (c. 1952)
Born(1881-02-07)February 7, 1881
DiedSeptember 3, 1969(1969-09-03) (aged 88)
Resting placeKhaju Bridge, Isfahan
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrown University
Spouses
(m. 1909; div. 1920)
(m. 1920)
AwardsOrder of the Crown
Order of the Lion and the Sun
Scientific career
FieldsPersian art, Persian architecture and archaeology
InstitutionsBrown University
University of California, Berkeley
Amherst College
California Palace of the Legion of Honor
Asia Institute, Shiraz University
Academic advisorsAlexander Meiklejohn
Notable studentsJay Gluck

Arthur Upham Pope (February 7, 1881 – September 3, 1969) was an American scholar, art historian, and architecture historian. He was an expert on historical Persian art, and he was the editor of the Survey of Persian Art (1939).[1][2] Pope was also a university professor of philosophy and aesthetics, an archaeologist, photographer, museum director, interior designer, and the co-founder of an international scholarly organization.[3][4]

  1. ^ Kadivar, Cyrus (2017). Farewell Shiraz: An Iranian Memoir of Revolution and Exile. Oxford University Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-977-416-826-0.
  2. ^ MitwirkendeR., Pope, Arthur Upham, HerausgeberIn. Ackerman, Phyllis (1939). A Survey of Persian art : from prehistoric times to the present. Oxford Univ. Pr. OCLC 255110809.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Siver, Noel (July 20, 2005). "Pope, Arthur Upham". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Archived from the original on 2011-04-29. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "Phyllis Pope Dies at 83, an Expert on Asian Art". The New York Times. 1977-02-01. p. 27. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-10.