From Pahlavi Isfahan to Pacific Shangri La: Revivıng, Restoring, and Reinventing Safavid Aesthetıcs, ca. 1920–40

Overton, Keelan

doi:10.1086/665682

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“…8 and 9). One of the foremost parts of the text underscores the Ministry of Education's conservative motto, "no alteration is made to the original thing" [21,22]. This was a milestone in modern conservation of the Shah mosque.…”

Section: Conservation History Of Shah Mosque's Domementioning

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A Double Dome Through the Ages

2019

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On 7 th May 1611, the construction of Esfahan Shah mosque started to be a part of the re-modeling of Safavid capital, a building that adopts a glazed bulbous double dome as a hybrid structure of brick and wooden elements. This paper aims to present building techniques, construction process and conservation works of this complex dome through historical evidence and onsite surveying. For these purposes, following a brief history of the building, the paper explores the geometry, morphology and construction sequences. It subsequently addresses the conservation during the last century from Salnameh (1934-36) up to current intervention and their consequences. The paper necessarily illustrates cracks pattern, not only to recognize its causes via their type and geometry but also to address historical performance and structural capacity. According to the objectives, the study of the Shah dome plays an important role to better understand other similar cases. This paper concludes that structural analysis and future conservation could benefit from the achievements derived from historical research, which also allow further understanding of construction techniques.

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Section: Conservation History Of Shah Mosque's Domementioning

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A Double Dome Through the Ages

2019

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Persia through the Lens: Poetics and Politics of Architectural Photographs in Pahlavi Iran

Kadoi¹

2017

Iranian Stud.

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Having been introduced to the scholarly community and the general public through a variety of photographic presentations during the inter-war period, monuments in Iran, particularly those of pre-modern Islamic periods, became key buildings to be seized upon as the ultimate embodiment of Persian beauty. The lasting image of Persian Islamic architecture that was articulated through photographs continues not only to set an important benchmark for the understanding of the aesthetic and political matrix of the early twentieth century but also to provoke a methodological question as to the future of Persian architectural studies.

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All the City’s Courtesans: A Now-Lost Safavid Pavilion and Its Figural Tile Panels

Emami

2019

Metropolitan Museum Journal

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From Pahlavi Isfahan to Pacific Shangri La: Revivıng, Restoring, and Reinventing Safavid Aesthetıcs, ca. 1920–40

Cited by 4 publications

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A Double Dome Through the Ages

A Double Dome Through the Ages

Persia through the Lens: Poetics and Politics of Architectural Photographs in Pahlavi Iran

All the City’s Courtesans: A Now-Lost Safavid Pavilion and Its Figural Tile Panels

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