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OWING in great measure to the exhibitions of Persian and Chinese art, which have been held at the Royal Academy, interest in Asiatic art, once exclusively confined to scholars and connoisseurs, is steadily spreading to a wider circle of the public. Not merely does it take the form of purely aesthetic appreciation; it is rather an avenue to understanding of the culture and outlook of peoples hitherto regarded as far removed in more than merely a geographical sense. In this movement, the acquisition for the nation of the Eumorfopoulos collection of Chinese and Far Eastern art, of which the exhibition at South Kensington is proving markedly successful, has been an added stimulus. While London awaits its museum of Asiatic art, any addition to the facilities for study of the cultural achievement of the East is deserving of every encouragement. On this ground at least, students and others will welcome the announcement that friends of Iran have founded a society for the study of Iranian art on the lines of the Socie'te’ des Etudes Iraniennes of Paris. Among those who are taking an active part are Lord Lamington, Sir Denison Ross, Mr. Laurence Binyon, Mr. Leigh Ashton and Prof. D. Talbot Rice. Those who are interested in the work of the society may communicate with the secretaries, Mr. Basil Gray and Mr. S. F. Shademan, at 10 Prince's Gate, S.W.7.
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Iranian Studies. Nature 137, 811 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137811b0
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