Islamic architecture in Iran : poststructural theory and the architectural history of Iranian Mosques / Saeid Khaghani.
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TextSeries: Publication details: London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Description: x, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 9781788310451 (hardback)Subject(s): Islamic architecture -- Iran -- History | Mosques -- Iran -- History -- To 1500Other classification: NA1483 KHA 2021 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Professor Maryam Mirzakhani Shelf
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Universiti Teknologi Brunei Library - at level 1 | NA1483 KHA 2012 c.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | c.1 | Available | Reg. no. 016443(H)_UTB | 901895 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Islam as an Attribution -- Iranism -- The Mosque as Public Space -- Difference and the Iranian Architectural Discourse -- Difference and Particularity -- Conclusion.
"The architecture of the Islamic world is predominantly considered in terms of a dual division between "tradition" and "modernity" - a division which, Saeid Khaghani here argues, has shaped and limited the narrative applied to this architecture. Khaghani introduces and reconsiders the mosques of eighth- to fifteenth-century Iran in terms of poststructural theory and developments in historiography in order to develop a brand new dialectical framework. Using the examples of mosques such as the Friday Mosques in Isfahan and Yazd as well as the Imam mosque in Isfahan, Khaghani presents a new way of thinking about and discussing Islamic architecture, making this valuable reading for all interested in the study of the art, architecture, and material culture of the Islamic world."--Publisher.
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