Persian kingship and architecture : strategies of power in Iran from the Achaemenids to the Pahlavis /

"Through analyses of palaces, mausolea, art, architectural decoration and urban design the authors show how architecture was appropriated by different rulers as an integral part of their strategies of legitimising power. They refer to a variety of examples, from the monuments of Persepolis unde...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Babaie, Sussan (Editor ), Grigor, Talinn (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.
Temas:
Architecture > Political aspects > Iran > History.
Architecture > Iran > History.
Art > Political aspects > Iran > History.
Nationalism and architecture > Iran.
Historic buildings > Iran.
Architecture > Iran > Histoire.
Art > Aspect politique > Iran > Histoire.
Nationalisme et architecture > Iran.
Architecture > Aspect politique > Iran > Histoire.
Asian history.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
Architecture
Architecture > Political aspects
Art > Political aspects
Historic buildings
Kings and rulers > Art patronage
Nationalism and architecture
Iran > Kings and rulers > Art patronage.
Iran
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Achaemenid imperial architecture: performative porticoes of Persepolis / Margaret Cool Root
  • Dynastic sanctuaries and the transformation of Iranian kingship between Alexander and Islam / Matthew P. Canepa
  • The Sasanian palaces and their influence in early Islam / Lionel D. Bier
  • In the footsteps of the Sasanians: funerary architecture and Bavandid legitimacy / Melanie Michailidis
  • Sacred sites of kingship: the Maydan and mapping the spatial-spiritual vision of the empire in Safavid Iran / Sussan Babaie
  • Kingship hybridized, kingship homogenized: revivalism under the Qajar and the Pahlavi dynasties / Talinn Grigor.

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