Read Ars Orientalis back issues for free

The Smithsonian's Museums on Asian Art, the Freer and the Sackler, have made digitised versions of Ars Orientalis volumes 1 to 44 free of charge to viewers worldwide. This has been made possible with help from Smithsonian Libraries and the Internet Archive.

The volumes, which are published annually, can be viewed online, or downloaded for offline reading. Each volume features 10 to 12 articles, often around a central theme.

Volume 44 (2014) features Signs of the Hour: Eschatological Imagery in Islamic Book Arts by Christiane Gruber, while volume 43 (2013) is on imagery and has articles on Ottoman Photography, Painting, and Drawing at the Court of Sultan Abdülaziz by Mary Roberts; Royal Portrait Photography in Iran by Ali Behdad, and Photography and Afghan Diplomacy in the Early Twentieth Century by Holly Edwards.

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