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Author:

Stierlin, Henri.

Title:

Persian art & architecture / Henri Stierlin ; photographs by Henri and Anne Stierlin and Adrien Buchet.

Publisher:

Thames & Hudson,

Copyright Date:

2012, c2011

Description:

279 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.

Subject:

Architecture--Iran.
Islamic architecture--Iran.
Symbolism in architecture.
Art, Iranian.

Other Authors:

Stierlin, Anne.
Buchet, Adrien.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275) and index.

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.

ISBN:

0500516421
9780500516423

OCLC:

(OCoLC)814179259

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)