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architecture and urban experience in early modern Iran
xvii, 255 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.
An interpretation of architecture and urbanism in seventeenth-century Isfahan, Iran, through the analytical lens of urban experience.
The medieval city : the lore of Isfahan and early Safavid developments -- Imperial plans and urban elites : the construction of Isfahan under Shah Abbas -- The new Isfahan : the Safavid garden city and its eco-urban design -- Sensing time and sound : clocks and the rhythms of urban life -- The visual order of the promenade : the Chaharbagh and its sensory landscape -- Inhabiting a cosmopolis : urban quarters and civic selves -- The city lyricized : architecture and literature in Safavid Isfahan -- Urban sights and discursive images : modes of visual and verbal engagement -- Solitary wandering and civic pleasures : a daylong journey in Isfahan.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Buildings, landscapes, and societies ; 13