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1 online resource (249) : illustrations |
| Series |
Iranian Studies |
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Iranian Studies
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| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of figures ""; ""List of maps""; ""About the contributors""; ""1 Introduction: shifting the historiography of Persian architecture ""; ""2 Re-examining �Persianate Civitas�: networked urbanities and suburban hinterlands in Erich Schmidt�s Flights ""; ""3 Geometry made manifest: reorienting the historiography of ornament on the Iranian plateau and beyond ""; ""4 The Myth-making of the Masjid-i Jami� of Isfahan: Arthur Upham Pope, architectural photographs, and the Persian-Gothic thesis in the 1930s "" |
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""5 From the Survey of Persian Art to the CIA: Donald N. Wilber and Ilkhanid architecture in Iran """"6 The Shahestan blueprint: the vestigial site of modernity in Iran ""; ""7 Instituting architecture: a history of transnationalism in Iran�s architecture profession, 1945�1995 ""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
| Summary |
Historiography is the study of the methodology of writing history, the development of the discipline of history, and the changing interpretations of historical events in the works of individual historians. Exploring the historiography of Persian art and architecture requires a closer look at a diverse range of sources, including chronicles, historical accounts, travelogues, and material evidence coming from archaeological excavations. The Historiography of Persian Architecture highlights the political, cultural, and intellectual contexts that lie behind the written history of Persian architectu |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Architecture -- Iran -- Historiography
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Historiography -- History -- 20th century
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Architecture -- Historiography.
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Historiography.
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Iran.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
131742722X |
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9781317427223 |
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9781317427216 |
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9781317427209 |
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1317427211 |
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1317427203 |
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