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Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 22:48:23 +0530
German book to shed light on Qajar era architecture
TEHRAN, Nov. 6 (MNA) -- The book “Moscheen Und Madrasabauten in Iran
1785-1848” (“Mosques and Schools in Iran 1785-1848”) written by Markus
Ritter will be published by Brill Academic Publications in Germany in
December, the Persian service of the Cultural Heritage News (CHN) agency
reported on Sunday.
The book is a study on the architecture of late 18th to mid 19th century
Iranian mosques and schools. This Iranian architectural period had never
been studied in detail before.
The introduction describes the buildings as religious and political
architecture in the context of the early Qajar dynasty and the rising
urban elites. The main part analyzes architectural development within a
formal typology. Stylistic characteristics are defined, and formal
groups are interpreted with regard to patron circles. The remarkable
combination of tradition and innovation is discussed as a phenomenon of
18th and 19th century Iran with a view to general trends of the period.
The thorough catalogue including buildings visited by the author and
supplementary material, provides the reader with descriptions,
inscription readings, historical data and textual sources, and are
illustrated with photographs and plans on 200 plates (16 in color).
Ritter has a Ph.D. (2003) in Islamic Art History and Archaeology from
the University of Bamberg, Germany and works at the Institute of Iranian
Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna.
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