Formal Structure in Islamic Architecture of Iran and Turkistan

Citation	Herdeg, Klaus. 1990. Formal Structure in Islamic Architecture of Iran and Turkistan. New York: Rizzoli International Publications.
Author/Editor	Klaus Herdeg
Publication Date	1990
Copyright	Rizzoli International Publications
Language	English
Document Type	Book
Countries	Iran, Uzbekistan
Keywords	historical architecture
Description	This book represents over twelve years of Klaus Herdeg's work on the architecture of Iran and Turkistan. The principle purpose is to illustrate and explicate selected buildings, spaces, and city fabrics, rather than to give a traditional historical account of them. While the analysis of form and its associated meanings is primarily visual, the accompanying text for each example further refines the comprehension of a building or a city by positioning it within its cultural context. Throughout, there is a deliberate interplay of monumental public structures with their symbolic significance and the urban tissue surrounding them. Thus, an Islamic city is addressed in its entirety. Over one hundred photographs carry the central message.
Chapters	Kerman Forward, Preface & Introduction [Formal Structure in Islamic Architecture of Iran and Turkistan] Isfahan Maidan-i-Shah, Isfahan Mosque al-Hakim, Isfahan Madrasa Madir-i-Shah, Isfahan Bazaar: Caravanserai-i-Gulshan, Mosque-i-Jarchi, Isfahan Bazaar: Amenity, Isfahan. Hammam Ganj-i-Ali Khan, Kerman Two Houses, Yazd House with Garden, Nayin Three Gardens: Yazd, Kashan, Shiraz Samarkand, Turkistan Bukhara, Turkistan and Two Houses in Bukhara Khiva, Turkistan and Three Houses in Khiva Religious and Mortuary Complex, Kashgar, Turkistan
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