Persian art & architecture / Henri Stierlin ; photographs by Henri and Anne Stierlin and Adrien Buchet.

Author: Stierlin, Henri.

Imprint:New York : Thames & Hudson, 2012.

Description279 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.

Note:"Translated from the French L'art persan by David H. Wilson"--Colophon.

Note:Introduction: the power of Persian art -- The rise of Islam -- The Seljuqs -- The Mongol Invasion -- The Islamic golden age -- Timur and Samarqand -- Miniatures -- Bukhara and the Shaybanids -- Isfahan and the Safavids -- Reflections of Paradise -- The 18th and 19th centuries -- Khiva: a Khanate in Central Asia -- From vision to reality.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 275) and index.

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