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Islamic architecture in Iran : poststructural theory and the architectural history of Iranian mosques / Saeid Khaghani.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khaghani, Saeid, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic architecture--Iran.
- Islamic architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 245 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I.B.Tauris, [2017]
- Summary:
- The architecture of the Islamic world is predominantly considered in terms of a dual division between 'tradition' and 'modernity' - a division which, Saeid Khaghani here argues, has shaped and limited the narrative applied to this architecture. Khaghani introduces and reconsiders the mosques of eighth- to fifteenth-century Iran in terms of poststructural theory and developments in historiography in order to develop a brand new dialectical framework. Using the examples of mosques such as the Friday Mosques in Isfahan and Yazd as well as the Imam mosque in Isfahan, Khaghani presents a new way of thinking about and discussing Islamic architecture, making this valuable reading for all interested in the study of the art, architecture and material culture of the Islamic world.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Note on Transliteration
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Islam as an Attribution
- The Emergence of Islam
- Islamic Ideals and Realities
- Islam and Cultural Material
- Mosques
- 2. Iranism
- Islamic Identity
- Iranism
- Persian Art
- Iranian Architecture
- The Notion of Time and the Image of Place
- The Geography of Space
- Conclusion
- 3. The Mosque as Public Space
- Individualism and Collectivism
- Home, Mahallah and City
- Representation
- The Image of the City
- The Mosque as a Public Place
- 4. Difference and the Iranian Architectural Discourse
- The Semantics of Islamic Art: Problems and Deficiencies
- Spatial History
- Heterology
- The Semiotics of Islamic Iranian Art
- Islamic Iranian Architectonic Discourse
- 5. Difference and Particularity
- The Concept of Style: The Universal and Particular
- The Formal Language of Iranian Architecture Nomos and Polis
- The Notion of Time and Space
- Labyrinth and Obelisk
- Iranian Architectural Historiography
- Periodisation, Regionalism and Morphology
- Notes
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781786733023
- 1786733021
- 9781786723024
- 1786723026
- OCLC:
- 1124468660
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