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Building Iran
Talinn Grigor
其他書名
Modernism, Architecture, and National Heritage Under the Pahlavi Monarchs
出版Periscope Publishing, distributed by Prestel, 2009
主題Architecture / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)Architecture / RegionalArchitecture / Buildings / Landmarks & MonumentsHistory / Middle East / IranPolitical Science / Public Policy / Cultural PolicyPolitical Science / World / Middle Eastern
ISBN193477278X9781934772782
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=thlKPgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Revolution and tradition are two sides of the same coin in Talinn Grigor's book on Iranian architecture. It starts in 1925 after Reza Pahlavi seized control of the country, but it arcs back to Ancient and Medieval Persia. Not that the government was rejecting modernity. IT instead promoted a reconstruction of the past that would aid efforts to make modern Iran an independent nation with an irrefutable claim to existence and power. Prodigious archival research informs Grigor's account of the excavations and discoveries Iranian authorities used to construct monuments to national heroes like Omar Khayyam, an important mathematician and astronomer of the 11th century as well as the author of the 'Rubauyat'. Grigor also brings immense knowledge to her lively discussions of the modern idiom integrated into such retrospective monuments and buildings. This book is the first in English to study 20th century Iranian architecture within the historical contexts that shaped its from and significance. The corpus of photographs will help the many readers unfamiliar with the architectural riches of Iran. Current turbulence and misunderstanding with the Middle East highlight the important of Grigor's book. ILLUSTRATIONS: 158