Persian architecture; the triumph of form and color.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, G. Braziller [1965]Description: 288 p. illus., map, plans, 33 col. plates. 28 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.955
LOC classification:
  • NA1480 .P6
Contents:
From the earliest civilizations to the fall of the Achaemenids -- Seleucids, Parthians, Sasanians : reassertion of Persian forms -- Early Islam : new purposes -- The Seljuks : structure as beauty -- The meaning and function of Persian decoration -- The Mongols : destruction and grandeur -- The Timurids : refinement and opulence -- The Safavid culmination -- Summary of forms and structural problems.
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Bibliographical references included in "Notes": p. [272]-280. "Selected bibliography": p. 281-283.

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From the earliest civilizations to the fall of the Achaemenids -- Seleucids, Parthians, Sasanians : reassertion of Persian forms -- Early Islam : new purposes -- The Seljuks : structure as beauty -- The meaning and function of Persian decoration -- The Mongols : destruction and grandeur -- The Timurids : refinement and opulence -- The Safavid culmination -- Summary of forms and structural problems.