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Persian art & architecture / Henri Stierlin ; photographs by Henri and Anne Stierlin and Adrien Buchet.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: French New York : Thames & Hudson, 2012Description: 279 pages : illustrations ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 9780500516423
  • 0500516421
Other title:
  • Persian art and architecture
Uniform titles:
  • Art persan. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 22 720.955 STI
Contents:
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.
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Book - Borrowing Central Library Second Floor Mediterran 720.955 STI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3683 Available 000042543
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"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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