Persian 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