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Isfahan: Architecture and Urban Experience in Early Modern Iran

Isfahan: Architecture and Urban Experience in Early Modern Iran

Emami, Farshid

Hardcover

Series: Buildings, Landscapes, and Societies

Architecture HistoryMiddle Eastern Art

ISBN10: 0271095520
ISBN13: 9780271095523
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: Apr 2 2024
Pages: 276
Weight: 2.94
Height: 1.05 Width: 9.16 Depth: 10.16
Language: English

A vibrant urban settlement from medieval times and the royal seat of the Safavid dynasty, the city of Isfahan emerged as a great metropolis during the seventeenth century. Using key sources, this book reconstructs the spaces and senses of this dynamic city.

Focusing on nuances of urban experience, Farshid Emami expands our understanding of Isfahan in a global context. He takes the reader on an evocative journey through the city's markets, promenades, and coffeehouses, bringing to life the social landscapes that animated the lives of urban dwellers and shaped their perceptions of themselves and the world. In doing so, Emami reveals seventeenth-century Isfahan as more than a cluster of beautiful monuments and gardens. It was a cosmopolitan city, where senses and materials, nature and artifice, and ritual and sociability acted in unison, engendering urban experiences that became paramount across the globe during the early modern period.

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