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Creation Year
January 1963
Image ID
B.091
Alternate Identifier
B02.091
Subcollection
B: Mosques of Isfahan
Abstract
View of the dome and arcade of the Chahar Bagh Madrasa from the east side of the courtyard, showing the arabesque tile patterns and calligraphy.
Description
Partial view of the dome and two-tiered arcade in the courtyard of the Chahar Bagh Madrasa (compare with dome in B.075 and B.082). The dome is "adorned with intertwining black, yellow and white arabesques on a turquoise blue base [and] also has the traditional alternate bands of lapis lazuli blue and calligraphic inscriptions on its drum. The previous emphasis on floral patterns is reduced in favor of a simpler contrast between yellow brickwork and inset tile mosaic panels." -MA.
References
"Madar-i Shah Complex." Archnet. Accessed May 03, 2017. https://archnet.org/sites/1620.
Image Notes
Photograph created 1963. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly cataloged as B.02.091. Notes written on the slide or index: ISFAHAN, Chaharbagh Mosque.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Isfahan, Iran
Keywords
Dome, Bulbous Dome, Trees, Inscription, Quranic Inscription, Arabic Inscription, Thuluth Script, Arabesque, Arches, Pointed Arches, Eighteenth Century, Safavid, Chahar Bagh Madrasa