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Creation Year
1963
Image ID
B.099
Alternate Identifier
B02.099
Subcollection
B: Mosques of Isfahan
Abstract
A reflection of the two stories of rooms in the pool located in the courtyard of the Chahar Bagh Madrasa.
Description
A reflection of the two stories of rooms in the pool located in the courtyard of the Chahar Bagh Madrasa. " ... the courtyard of the ... madrasa, with its shaded walkways, whitewashed plaster with the vaulting lines picked out in blue, and shimmering tilework reflected in the pool, bestows an air of grace and serenity on the building far greater than its architecture might otherwise merit. The expansive scale and confident massing of forms in the complex set the style for architects in the following two centuries" (196). -MA.
References
Blair, Sheila S., and Jonathan M. Bloom. The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1994.
Image Notes
Photograph created 1963. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly cataloged as B.02.099. Notes written on the slide or index: ISFAHAN, Chaharbagh Mosque, Chaharbagh.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Isfahan, Iran
Keywords
Tiles, Arches, Pointed Arches, Vaulting, Arcade, Pool, Eighteenth Century, Safavid, Chahar Bagh Madrasa
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