Isfahan : architecture and urban experience in early modern Iran /

An interpretation of architecture and urbanism in seventeenth-century Isfahan, Iran, through the analytical lens of urban experience.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Emami, Farshid (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2024].
Series:Buildings, landscapes, and societies ; 13.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.