Studies in Persian architecture Bernard O'Kane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Kane, Bernard, author.

Series:

Collected papers in Oregon rock art.

Collected Papers in Islamic Art

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic art--Iran.

Islamic art.

Islamic architecture--Iran.

Islamic architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (675 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This lavishly illustrated volume - with many images previously unpublished in colour - collects 25 articles by Bernard O'Kane on a wide variety of topics pertaining to Persian architecture in its widest sense. His analyses range from historiography and tilework to the development of the domes of Iranian mosques.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Preface

CHAPTER 1 Architecture in the Interregnum: The Mozaffarid, Jalayerid and Kartid Contributions

CHAPTER 2 From Atelier Floor to Monument Wall: How were Tiles Placed Correctly?

CHAPTER 3 Arthur Upham Pope and the Study of Persian Islamic Architecture

CHAPTER 4 Review of Kishwar Rizvi, The Safavid Dynastic Shrine: Architecture, Religion and Power in Early Modern Iran

CHAPTER 5 Tiles of Many Hues: The Development of Iranian Cuerda Seca Tiles and the Transfer of Tilework Technology

CHAPTER 6 Chaghatai Architecture and the Tomb of Tughluq Temür at Almaliq

CHAPTER 7 The Timurid Bazar and the Origin of the Domed Tim

CHAPTER 8 Review of Raya Shani, A Monumental Manifestation of the ShÈʿite Faith in Late Twelfth-Century Iran: The Case of the Gunbad-i ‘Alawiyån, Hamadån

CHAPTER 9 The Uzbek Architecture of Afghanistan

CHAPTER 10 The Gunbad-i Jabaliyya at Kirman and the Development of the Domed Octagon in Iran

CHAPTER 11 Iran and Central Asia

CHAPTER 12 The Minaret of Våbkent

CHAPTER 13 Čahår†åq, Islamic Period

CHAPTER 14 Domes

CHAPTER 15 From Tents to Pavilions: Royal Mobility and Persian Palace Design

CHAPTER 16 Poetry, Geometry and the Arabesque: Notes on Timurid Aesthetics

CHAPTER 17 Na†anz and Turbat-i Jåm: New Light on Fourteenth-century Iranian Stucco

CHAPTER 18 The Tiled Minbars of Iran

CHAPTER 19 The Tomb of Mu˙ammad ≈åzÈ at FËšanÌ

CHAPTER 20 SalÌËq Minarets: Some New Data

CHAPTER 21 Timurid Stucco Decoration

CHAPTER 22 The Friday Mosques of Asna˚ and Saråvar

CHAPTER 23 Tåybåd, Turbat-i Jåm and Timurid Vaulting

CHAPTER 24 The Imåmzåda Óusain Ri∂å at VaråmÈn

CHAPTER 25 The Madrasa al-GhiyåsÈyya at Khargird

CHAPTER 26 Taj al-Din ʿAlishah: The Reconstruction of his Mosque Complex at Tabriz

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Other Format:

Print version: O'Kane, Bernard Studies in Persian Architecture

ISBN:

1-4744-7486-1

1-4744-7487-X

OCLC:

1289816680