Open LibraryPersian architecture; the triumph of form and color
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288 pages 28 cm
Bibliographical references included in "Notes": pages 272-280. "Selected bibliography": pages 281-283
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
Bibliographical references included in "Notes": pages 272-280. "Selected bibliography": pages 281-283
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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