Isfahani style (Iranian architecture)
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The "Esfahani style" is a style (sabk) of architecture when categorizing Iranian architecture
development in history. Landmarks of this style span through the Safavid, Afsharid, Zand, and Qajarid dynasties starting from the 16th century onward. It is the last style of traditional Iranian architecture.
Examples of this style are Chehelsotoon, Ali Qapu
, Agha Bozorg Mosque, Kashan, the Shah Mosque
, and the Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque
.
The Safavid dynasty were chiefly instrumental in the emergence of this style of architecture, which soon spread to India in what became known as Mughal architecture
.
Iranian architecture
Iranian architecture or Persian architecture is the architecture of Iran . It has a continuous history from at least 5000 BCE to the present, with characteristic examples distributed over a vast area from Turkey to North India and the borders of China and from the Caucasus to Zanzibar...
development in history. Landmarks of this style span through the Safavid, Afsharid, Zand, and Qajarid dynasties starting from the 16th century onward. It is the last style of traditional Iranian architecture.
Examples of this style are Chehelsotoon, Ali Qapu
Ali Qapu
Ālī Qāpū is a grand palace in Isfahan, Iran. It is located on the western side of the Naghsh-i Jahan Square opposite to Sheikh lotf allah mosque, and had been originally designed as a vast portal. It is forty-eight meters high and there are seven floors, each accessible by a difficult spiral...
, Agha Bozorg Mosque, Kashan, the Shah Mosque
Shah Mosque
Imam Mosque, is a mosque in Isfahan, Iran standing in south side of Naghsh-i Jahan Square.Built during the Safavid period, it is an excellent example of Islamic architecture of Iran, and regarded as one of the masterpieces of Persian Architecture. The Shah Mosque of Esfahan is one of the...
, and the Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque
Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque
Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque is one of the architectural masterpieces of Safavid Iranian architecture, standing on the eastern side of Naghsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan, Iran.Construction of the mosque started in 1603 and was finished in 1618...
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The Safavid dynasty were chiefly instrumental in the emergence of this style of architecture, which soon spread to India in what became known as Mughal architecture
Mughal architecture
Mughal architecture, an amalgam of Islamic, Persian, Turkish and Indian architecture, is the distinctive style developed by the Mughals in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in what is now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. It is symmetrical and decorative in style.The Mughal dynasty was...
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