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Book Reviews
- Source: International Journal of Islamic Architecture, Volume 3, Issue 2, Jul 2014, p. 505 - 519
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- 01 Jul 2014
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The Art and Architecture of Twelver Shi’ism: Iraq, Iran and the Indian Sub-Continent, James W. Allan (2012) London: Azimuth Editions, 174 pp., 26 illus., 96 colour plates ISBN 9781848851689, $60.00 (hardback)
The Art and Material Culture of Iranian Shi’ism: Iconography and Religious Devotion in Shi’i Islam, Pedram Khosronejad (Ed.) (2012) London: I.B. Taurus, 284 pp., 105 b/w illus., 17 colour plates ISBN 9781848851689, $100.00 (hardback)
Damascene ‘Ajami Rooms: Forgotten Jewels of Interior Design, Anke Scharrahs (2013) London: Archetype Publications Ltd, xvi + 311 pp., 525 b/w illus., ISBN 9781904982661, $45.00 (paperback)
Postmodernizm Jest Prawie W Porządku: Polska Architektura Po Socjalistycznej Globalizacji / Postmodernism is Almost all Right: Polish Architecture After Socialist Globalization, Łukasz Stanek (2012) Warsaw: Fundacja Nowej Kultury Bęc Zmiana (in association with the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw), 95 pp., 127 illus., 55 plates, ISBN 9788362418145, $45.00 (paperback)
Architecture and Hagiography in the Ottoman Empire: The Politics of Bektashi Shrines in the Classical Age, Zeynep Yürekli (2012) Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 199 pp., 56 b/w illus., ISBN 9781409411062, $119.95 (hardback)
Les Lions En Pierre Sculptée Chez Les Bakhtiari: Description Et Significations De Sculptures Zoomorphes Dans Une Société Tribale Du Sud-Ouest De L’iran, Pedram Khosronejad (2013) Canon Pyon, UK: Sean Kingston Publishing, 260 pp., numerous tables, line drawings, halftones and colour illustrations, ISBN 9781907774225, $250.00 (hardback)