Architecture of Persuasion: Safavid cities in the 16th and 17th centuries
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09 Jan
11 Jan
2020
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Islamic Aesthetics
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Sussan Babaie
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Image: Isfahan, Masjid-i Shah (currently known as the Imam Mosque), view into the prayer hall, 1611-1638. (photo credit Daniel C. Waugh)
These lectures explore the making of a newly configured Shi’i empire through architectural campaigns in capital cities of Tabriz, Qazvin and Isfahan, and the pilgrimage cities of Ardabil and Mashhad. Urban development projects, initiated by royal decree or by individual investments of the new elites—viziers, physicians, Perso-Indian and Armenian merchants; the role of Shi’ism in developing imperial legitimacy for Friday prayer and thus for congregational mosques; Shi’i shrine complexes; royal palaces, gardens, and mansions of the elite; these topics offer views into the social and aesthetic dimensions of Safavid architecture.
Day 1 : Tabriz and Ardabil: Inherited Traditions and Invented Empire
Day 2 : Qazvin: A New Beginning Under Shah Tahmasb
Day 3 : Isfahan: The Jewel in the Safavid Crown
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January 9, 10, 11, 2020
Timing: 6:30 - 8:30
Fees
Rs. 3,000
Registrations Closed
Sussan Babaie
Sussan Babaie is Professor of the Arts of Iran and Islam at The Courtauld, University of London. A graphic designer by training (BA, Tehran University), she earned her PhD in Art History from IFA, New York University. Among her publications is Isfahan and Its Palaces (2008). She is currently working collaboratively on several projects focusing on the arts across trans-Asian networks: co-editor and author of Cultural History of Asian Art, six-volume series (Bloomsbury); co-curator of the Royal Academy of Art exhibition on Arts of the Great Mongol State (Spring 2027); and lead scholar on Mongol Connections, a traveling seminar supported by Connecting Art Histories grant from Getty.