AuthorStierlin, Henri
TitlePersian art & architecture / Henri Stierlin ; photographs by Henri and Anne Stierlin and Adrien Buchet
Imprint London : Thames & Hudson, c2012
Descript 279 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm

CONTENT

The power of Persian art -- The rise of Islam -- The seljuqs -- The Mongol invasion -- The Islamic golden age -- Timur and samarqand -- Miniatures -- Bukhara and the shaybanids -- Isfahan and the safavids -- Reflections of paradise -- The 18th and 19th paradise -- Khiva: a Khanate in Central Asia -- From vision to reality


SUBJECT

  1. Art
  2. Iranian
  3. Architecture -- Iran
  4. Islamic architecture -- Iran
  5. Symbolism in architecture

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