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Author O'Kane, Bernard, author.

Title Studies in Persian architecture / Bernard O'Kane
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 651 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), plans
Series Collected papers in Islamic art
Collected papers in Islamic art.
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Architecture in the Interregnum: The Mozaffarid, Jalayerid and Kartid Contributions -- CHAPTER 2 From Atelier Floor to Monument Wall: How were Tiles Placed Correctly? -- CHAPTER 3 Arthur Upham Pope and the Study of Persian Islamic Architecture -- CHAPTER 4 Review of Kishwar Rizvi, The Safavid Dynastic Shrine: Architecture, Religion and Power in Early Modern Iran -- CHAPTER 5 Tiles of Many Hues: The Development of Iranian Cuerda Seca Tiles and the Transfer of Tilework Technology -- CHAPTER 6 Chaghatai Architecture and the Tomb of Tughluq Temür at Almaliq -- CHAPTER 7 The Timurid Bazar and the Origin of the Domed Tim -- CHAPTER 8 Review of Raya Shani, A Monumental Manifestation of the ShÈʿite Faith in Late Twelfth-Century Iran: The Case of the Gunbad-i 'Alawiyån, Hamadån -- CHAPTER 9 The Uzbek Architecture of Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 10 The Gunbad-i Jabaliyya at Kirman and the Development of the Domed Octagon in Iran -- CHAPTER 11 Iran and Central Asia -- CHAPTER 12 The Minaret of Våbkent -- CHAPTER 13 Čahår†åq, Islamic Period -- CHAPTER 14 Domes -- CHAPTER 15 From Tents to Pavilions: Royal Mobility and Persian Palace Design -- CHAPTER 16 Poetry, Geometry and the Arabesque: Notes on Timurid Aesthetics -- CHAPTER 17 Na†anz and Turbat-i Jåm: New Light on Fourteenth-century Iranian Stucco -- CHAPTER 18 The Tiled Minbars of Iran -- CHAPTER 19 The Tomb of Mu˙ammad ≈åzÈ at FËšanÌ -- CHAPTER 20 SalÌËq Minarets: Some New Data -- CHAPTER 21 Timurid Stucco Decoration -- CHAPTER 22 The Friday Mosques of Asna˚ and Saråvar -- CHAPTER 23 Tåybåd, Turbat-i Jåm and Timurid Vaulting -- CHAPTER 24 The Imåmzåda Óusain Ri∂å at VaråmÈn -- CHAPTER 25 The Madrasa al-GhiyåsÈyya at Khargird -- CHAPTER 26 Taj al-Din ʿAlishah: The Reconstruction of his Mosque Complex at Tabriz -- Index
Summary This lavishly illustrated volume -- with many images previously unpublished in colour -- collects 25 articles by Bernard O'Kane on a wide variety of topics pertaining to Persian architecture in its widest sense. His analyses range from historiography and tilework to the development of the domes of Iranian mosques.-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Bernard O'Kane is Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at the American University in Cairo
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Subject Architecture -- Iran -- History
Islamic architecture -- Iran -- History
Islamic art -- Iran.
Islamic architecture -- Iran.
ARCHITECTURE / History / Medieval
Architecture
Islamic architecture
Iran
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781474474870
147447487X
9781474474863
1474474861