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FACULTY OF THEORIES & ART STUDIES, Comparative and Analytic History of Islamic Art ,,University of Art ,Tehran
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FACULTY OF APPLIED ARTS, University of Art , Tehran
Abstract
The architectural complex commissioned by Gawhar Shad in Herat (820–841/1417–1438) constitutes one of the major foundations of the Timurid capital city. The site has sustained substantial damage over the centuries and very little is currently known about its architecture and decoration. Since the 1980s, access to it has been strictly limited due to the presence of landmines. This article aims to present the last archaeological surveys carried out on the site in recent years, and to introduce the first results of the study of the ceramic tiles collected on the “Musalla” and transferred to the National Museum of Herat in 2015.The implementation of archaeological digs would help us understand what this major monument of Timurid architecture was built on, to advance further in its restitution, possibly to find material within its context, and hence to go further in the restitution of the decorations of the complex, of the techniques used, and of the radiance of the remarkable artistic centre that was Herat in the fifteenth century.
Taherimoghaddam, A. and Tondi, A. (2024). The Complex of Gawhar Shad in Herat: New Findings about its Architecture and Ceramic Tile Decorations. Research in History, 13(2), 139-206.
MLA
Taherimoghaddam, A. , and Tondi, A. . "The Complex of Gawhar Shad in Herat: New Findings about its Architecture and Ceramic Tile Decorations", Research in History, 13, 2, 2024, 139-206.
HARVARD
Taherimoghaddam, A., Tondi, A. (2024). 'The Complex of Gawhar Shad in Herat: New Findings about its Architecture and Ceramic Tile Decorations', Research in History, 13(2), pp. 139-206.
CHICAGO
A. Taherimoghaddam and A. Tondi, "The Complex of Gawhar Shad in Herat: New Findings about its Architecture and Ceramic Tile Decorations," Research in History, 13 2 (2024): 139-206,
VANCOUVER
Taherimoghaddam, A., Tondi, A. The Complex of Gawhar Shad in Herat: New Findings about its Architecture and Ceramic Tile Decorations. Research in History, 2024; 13(2): 139-206.
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