Ancient Iran from the air
By: edited by David Stronach and Ali Mousavi ; photographs by Georg Gerster; with contributions by Elisabeth Beazley ... [et al.].
Contributors: Harverson, Michael; Huff, Dietrich; Sumner, William M.; Wilkinson, T. J. (Tony J.); Verlag Philipp von Zabern
Publisher: Philipp Von Zabern Verlag
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Darmstadt; Mainz
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9783805344531
Subjects: Antiquities; Aerial photographs; Pictorial works
Description: "This book features many of the more exceptional landscapes and monuments of Iran as seen through the lense of one of the world's foremost aerial photographers, Georg Gerster. The photographs were taken between 1976 and 1978, are presented in six chapters, each authored by one or more scholars of international repute...[The book] takes the reader on an aerial odyssey that explores the country's infinitely varied landsapes; many of the more noted sites associated with Iran's rich prehistoric past; the storied capitals of the Achaemenid and Sasanian empires; the memorable monuments of Saljuk and Safavid Isfahan; and last but not least, on a journey that celebrates the age-old virtues of Iran's largely unsung vernacular mud-brick architecture." -- Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-191).
Table of contents: title: 1.Earth and Water: The Land of Iran / Tony J. Wilkinson; title: 2.Land Before Memory: Prehistoric Iran (6000 - 1500 BC) / William M. Sumner; title: 3.Builders for the Ages: Elamites, Medes, Achaemenids and Parthians (1500 BC - 224 AD) / David Stronach; title: 4.Palaces, Fortresses and Fire Temples: Archaeological Sites of Sasanian (AD 224 - 651) and Later Date / Dietrich Huff; title: 5.Bricks, Tiles and Domes: Sites and Monuments Dating from after AD 651 / Ali Mousavi; title: 6.Vernacular Architecture: Iran's Working Buildings from the Air / Elisabeth Beazley.