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Persian art & architecture /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stierlin, Henri
Other Authors: Stierlin, Anne, Buchet, Adrien
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Language Notes:Translated from French.
Published: London : Thames & Hudson, 2012
Subjects:
Architecture > Iran.
Islamic architecture > Iran.
Symbolism in architecture.
Art, Iranian.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: 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 centuries
  • Khiva: a Khanate in Central Asia
  • From vision to reality.