Studies in Persian Architecture / / Bernard O'Kane.

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• VerfasserIn: O'Kane, Bernard,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Collected Papers in Islamic Art : CPIA
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (672 p.) :; 434 colour illustrations
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474474870; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754100; 9783110753875; 9783110780406
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474474870
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bernard O'Kane.

Curates a selection of key articles by Bernard O’Kane that combine analyses of Persian monuments with overviews of the central elements of Iranian architectureStudies monuments and architecture from the Greater Persian world, from the borders of Iraq to those of ChinaSituates the monuments within their social and political contextsIncludes important buildings from previously under-studied periodsIncludes over 300 photographs, many published in colour for the first timeThis 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. He covers the buildings of the major medieval dynasties – the Seljuqs, Ilkhanids and Timurids – as well as the formerly neglected monuments of the Chaghatai, Muzaffarid, Kartid and Jalayirid dynasties and Uzbek monuments in Afghanistan.