This book on glorious architecture, of a period in building when there was deep respect for tradition, yet a continual spirit of creativity. Towers, domes, mosques that show a rare blending of structure and embellishment, monumental scale and delicate detail. These buildings are whole and balanced, with an interior /exterior harmony seldom seen in the Gothic cathedrals (which are covered with large barn-type roofs).
The Persian book is widely known, has an excellent history of Persian architecture, many good black and white photos.
[Lloyd Kahn, Whole Earth Epilog, p.509]

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Introduction
1. From the Earliest Civilizations to the Fall of the Achaemenids
2. Seleucids, Parthians, Sasanians: Reassertion of Persian Forms
3. Early Islam: New Purposes
4. The Seljuks: Structure as Beauty
5. The Meaning and Function of Persian Decoration
6. The Mongols: Destruction and Grandeur
etc...

出版年：1965年
言語：英語
ページ数：288ページ
サイズ：24cm×27cm×3cm

【コンディション】
ジャケットに破れなどのダメージがありますが、本体は良好です。