Occidentalist perceptions of European architecture in nineteenth-century Persian travel diaries : travels in farangi space / Vahid Vahdat Zad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vahdat, Vahid (Architect), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space (Architecture)--Europe--Foreign public opinion, Iranian.

Space (Architecture).

East and West.

Travelers' writings, Persian--19th century--History and criticism.

Travelers' writings, Persian.

Iranians--Travel--Europe--History--19th century.

Iranians.

Iranians--Diaries.

Europe--Civilization--19th century.

Europe.

Iran--Intellectual life--19th century.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the midst of Europe’s nineteenth-century industrial revolution, four men embarked on separate journeys to the wondrous Farangestan – a land of fascinating objects, mysterious technologies, heavenly women, and magical spaces. Determined to learn the secret of Farangestan’s advancements, the travelers kept detailed records of their observations. These diaries mapped an aspirational path to progress for curious Iranian audiences who were eager to change the course of history. Two hundred years later, Travels in Farangi Space unpacks these writings to reveal a challenging new interpretation of Iran’s experience of modernity. This book opens the Persian travelers’ long-forgotten suitcases, and analyzes the descriptions contained within to gain insight into Occidentalist perspectives on modern Europe. By carefully tracing the physical and mental journeys of these travelers, the book paints a picture of European architecture that is nothing like what one would expect.

Contents:

1. The first brick

2. Modernity in a suitcase

3. When worlds collide

4. Imagining the modern

5. Tajaddod as a discourse.

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Texas A & M University, 2014) under the title: Imagining the modern : an Occidentalist perception and representation of farangi architecture and urbanism in 19th-Century Persian travel diaries.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781315547510

1315547511

9781134759316

1134759312

9781134759385

113475938X

OCLC:

981463873