Persian art & architecture /
Stierlin, Henri,
Persian art & architecture / Persian art and architecture Henri Stierlin ; photographs by Henri and Anne Stierlin and Adrien Buchet. - 279 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
"Translated from the French L'art persan by David H. Wilson"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Text in English ; translated from the original French.
9780500516423 0500516421
Art, Iranian.
Architecture--Iran.
Islamic architecture--Iran.
Symbolism in architecture
--Reading book
720.955 / STI
Persian art & architecture / Persian art and architecture Henri Stierlin ; photographs by Henri and Anne Stierlin and Adrien Buchet. - 279 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
"Translated from the French L'art persan by David H. Wilson"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Text in English ; translated from the original French.
9780500516423 0500516421
Art, Iranian.
Architecture--Iran.
Islamic architecture--Iran.
Symbolism in architecture
--Reading book
720.955 / STI