A useful survey of the dynasties of Persia and the forms of art each patronized, from the Arab Conquest to the fall of the Qajar. Its concentration on the northern extension of the Persian cultural area between the Oxus and the Jaxartes, which covers the Turkic dynsties, will make this of especial use to the student of Central Asian art; the final reflections on whether Western or Eastern art had the most contact with Iran are particularly fruitful for any art historian.