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Buildings, Landscapes, and Societies Ser.: Isfahan : Architecture and Urban Experience in Early Modern Iran by Farshid Emami (2024, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPennsylvania STATE University Press
ISBN-100271095520
ISBN-139780271095523
eBay Product ID (ePID)2333793773
Product Key Features
Number of Pages276 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameIsfahan : Architecture and Urban Experience in Early Modern Iran
SubjectMiddle Eastern, General, History / Baroque & Rococo, History / General
Publication Year2024
TypeTextbook
AuthorFarshid Emami
Subject AreaArt, Architecture
SeriesBuildings, Landscapes, and Societies Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight46.5 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2023-034338
Reviews"Somewhere between a coffee-table book and an academic publication, it beckons the reader with colored plates of Isfahan's tiled masterpieces, clear reproductions of historical sketches, as well as the author's own architectural drawings, both floor-plans and angled projections, that bring back the grandeur and elegance of the Safavid capital." --David Chaffetz Asian Review of Books, "Farshid Emami's ambitious study of one of the most celebrated cities of the Islamic world sheds new light on Isfahan's urban transformation in the early modern period and reconstructs the way urban dwellers experienced and perceived the city, not only as a work of architecture but as a living space. Essential reading for all those interested in the global history of early modernity, urbanism, and visuality." --Heghnar Watenpaugh, author of The Image of an Ottoman City and The Missing Pages, "Emami's approach to Isfahan considers this imperial city as a total lifeworld filled with movement, smells, sounds, and people. His prose is simply superb: it is such a pleasure that it transforms an otherwise deeply researched scholarly study into a spirited page-turner." --Christiane Gruber, author of The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts and Images, "Farshid Emami's ambitious study of one of the most celebrated cities of the Islamic world sheds new light on Isfahan's urban transformation in the early modern period and reconstructs the way urban dwellers experienced and perceived the city, not only as a work of architecture but as a living space. Essential reading for all those interested in the global history of early modernity, urbanism, and visuality." --Heghnar Watenpaugh,author of The Image of an Ottoman City and The Missing Pages, "Rather than a simple factual examination of Isfahan and its architecture, Emami offers a finely textured portrait of the city, a sensory experience that makes readers take in its sounds and smells, allowing them to listen in on the discussions in the coffeehouses flanking the square." --R. P. Matthee Choice, "Emami's approach to Isfahan considers this imperial city as a total lifeworld filled with movement, smells, sounds, and people. His prose is simply superb: it is such a pleasure that it transforms an otherwise deeply researched scholarly study into a spirited page-turner." -Christiane Gruber,author of The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts and Images "Farshid Emami's ambitious study of one of the most celebrated cities of the Islamic world sheds new light on Isfahan's urban transformation in the early modern period and reconstructs the way urban dwellers experienced and perceived the city not only as a work of architecture, but as a living space. Essential reading for all those interested in the global history of early modernity, urbanism, and visuality." -Heghnar Watenpaugh,author of The Image of an Ottoman City and The Missing Pages, "Emami's approach to Isfahan considers this imperial city as a total lifeworld filled with movement, smells, sounds, and people. His prose is simply superb: it is such a pleasure that it transforms an otherwise deeply researched scholarly study into a spirited page-turner." --Christiane Gruber,author of The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts and Images, "Farshid Emami's ambitious study of one of the most celebrated cities of the Islamic world sheds new light on Isfahan's urban transformation in the early modern period and reconstructs the way urban dwellers experienced and perceived the city not only as a work of architecture, but as a living space. Essential reading for all those interested in the global history of early modernity, urbanism, and visuality." --Heghnar Watenpaugh,author of The Image of an Ottoman City and The Missing Pages
Dewey Edition23/eng/20230825
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal720.955/95
SynopsisA 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 space and center of commerce, where the silver of the New World was exchanged for silk and where entirely novel substances-such as coffee and tobacco-formed new social and material spaces that had an impact on urban experiences across the globe. Drawing extensively on Persian literary and visual sources, including the "Guide for Strolling in Isfahan," this book casts new light on the history of a major Eurasian city and opens up new possibilities for cross-cultural studies of urban experience in the early modern period., 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. Drawing extensively on Persian literary and visual sources, including the "Guide for Strolling in Isfahan," this book casts new light on the history of a major Eurasian city and opens up new possibilities for cross-cultural studies of urban experience in the early modern period., 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 ......
LC Classification NumberNA1487.I8E62 2024
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