Persian art & architecture / Henri Stierlin ; photographs by Henri and Anne Stierlin and Adrien Buchet.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: French New York : Thames & Hudson, 2012Description: 279 pages : illustrations ; 31 cmISBN:- 9780500516423
- 0500516421
- Persian art and architecture
- Art persan. English
- 22 720.955 STI
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Book - Borrowing | Central Library Second Floor | Mediterran | 720.955 STI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 3683 | Available | 000042543 |
"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.
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