Robert Hillenbrand Explained

Robert Hillenbrand FBA (born 2 August 1941)^[1] is a British art historian who specialises in Persian and Islamic art. He is a professorial fellow of the universities of Edinburgh^[2] and St Andrews.^[3] He was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge for 2008–09.^[4] He gave the 2010 Aspects of Art Lecture.^{[5] [6]}

In 2018 during the conference of the Association of Iranian Studies at the University of California, Irvine, the Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded Hillenbrand.^[7] In the same year he appeared in the documentary film as a scholar of Sassanid Persia.^[8]

Selected publications

• Imperial Images in Persian Painting
• Art and Archaeology of Ancient Persia (co-editor)
• Islamic Architecture in North Africa (co-author)
• Islamic Art and Architecture
• The Architecture of Ottoman Jerusalem: An Introduction
• Studies in Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture (2 vols.)
• Islamic Architecture. Form, Function and Meaning (translated into Persian in 1998)

Curated Exhibition

• Imperial images of Persian painting : a Scottish Arts Council exhibition (1977)

External links

• Robert Hillenbrand | University of St Andrews - Academia.edu
• Web site: The Past as Propaganda: The Mongol "World History". June 17, 2011. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. YouTube.
• Web site: The Old and New Testaments in Islamic Painting with Dr. Robert Hillenbrand. October 1, 2014. YouTube. Asian Art Museum.
• Web site: Prof. Robert Hillenbrand: 'Architecture in medieval Persian painting: fact or fantasy'. March 1, 2018. The Iran Heritage Foundation. YouTube.
• Web site: Robert Hillenbrand Presents Art of Narrative in the Great Mongol Book of Kings. April 29, 2020. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. YouTube.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=un4WcfEASZwC&dq=Robert+Hillenbrand+2+Aug.+1941&pg=RA1-PA151 Profile of Robert Hillenbrand
2. Web site: Robert Hillenbrand. The University of Edinburgh. 19 June 2024 .
3. Web site: Robert Hillenbrand - University of St Andrews. risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk.
4. Web site: Robert Hillenbrand FBA. Robert. Hillenbrand. 3 May 2012. www.hoart.cam.ac.uk.
5. Web site: Aspects of Art Lectures. The British Academy.
6. Hillenbrand, Robert. Propaganda in the Mongol 'World History'. British Academy Review. 17. 2011. 29–38. audio
7. Web site: The Lifetime Achievement Award | Association for Iranian Studies (AIS) | انجمن ایران‌ پژوهی. associationforiranianstudies.org.
8. Web site: First-ever documentary on Taq Kasra "Wonder of Architecture" – Taq Kasra : 3rd-century Persian Monument in Iraq. 10 December 2016 .