Tombs of Paradise: The Shah-e Zende in Samarkand and Architectural Ceramics of Central AsiaMonelle Hayot, 2003 - 264 sider The necropolis of Shah-e Zende represents a summit in the art of ceramic wall coverings in the Islamic world. Perched on a steep cliff overlooking the ancient city of Samarkand, today the ghost town of Afrasiyab, the necropolis remains largely unknown to art historians and the general public. |
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PREFACE | 9 |
FUNERARY ARCHITECTURE IN ISLAM | 25 |
THE MAUSOLEUM OF MAZLUM KHAN SULU IN MIZDAK KHAN | 38 |
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Abbasid adorned al-din Amir Aqa's mausoleum Arabic arch architectural banna'i black lines bricks Bukhara Buyan calligraphic cenotaph Central Asia ceramic ceramists clay cobalt background cobalt blue colors composition corner columns covered cuerda seca cupola curved fleuron decoration displays enamel epigraphic epigraphic band epigraphic frieze facade faience firing floral fourteenth century frames frieze frit funerary chamber geometric gold leaf Golombek and Wilber green high-fire ibn Abbas inscription Iran Islamic Karakhanid Khwarazm kilns Kohna Urgench Kufic lajvardina lotus flowers low-fire mausolea mausoleum Mausoleum of Shad-e molded Mongol monuments mosaic mosque motifs Muhammad muqarnas Muslim necropolis Nezami opaque Ostad Ali Nasafi oxide painted palmettes panels Persian pishtaq plaques polychrome polychrome tiles Qutham ibn Abbas Qutlugh relief Samarkand sculpted Shad-e Mulk Aqa Shah-e Zende Shirin Beg siliceous siliceous pastes Soustiel squinches style Tamerlane's technique thuluth Timurid tomb transparent Tuman Aqa turquoise turquoise and cobalt turquoise glaze underglaze underglaze-painted Urgench Vabkent yellow