Persian architecture /

Pope, Arthur Upham, 1881-1969.

Persian architecture / Arthur Upham Pope. - London : Thames and Hudson, 1965. - 288 p. : ill., map, plans, 33 col. plates. ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-283) and index.

I. From the Earliest civilizations to the fall of the Achaemenids - II. Seleucids, Parthians, Sasanians : Reassertion of Persian forms - III. Early Islam : New purposes - IV. The Seljuks : Structure as Beauty - V. The Meaning and Function of Persian decoration - VI. The Mongols : Destruction and Grandeur - VII. The Timurids : Refinement and Opulence - VIII. The Safavid Culmination - IX. Summary of Forms and structural Problems - Map of Persia.


Architecture--History.--Iran
Islamic architecture--Iran.

NA1480 / .P67 1965

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