Reflecting Pool at Chahar Bagh

Abstract

. -MA

Description

A reflection of the two stories of rooms in the pool located in the courtyard of the Chahar Bagh Madrasa. " ... the courtyard of the ... madrasa, with its shaded walkways, whitewashed plaster with the vaulting lines picked out in blue, and shimmering tilework reflected in the pool, bestows an air of grace and serenity on the building far greater than its architecture might otherwise merit. The expansive scale and confident massing of forms in the complex set the style for architects in the following two centuries" (196). (For a general description of the Chahar Bagh Madrasa, see B02.085). -MA.

References
Blair, Sheila S., and Jonathan M. Bloom. The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1994.
Image Notes

Photograph created 1963. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly cataloged as B.02.099. Notes written on the slide or index: ISFAHAN, Chaharbagh Mosque, Chaharbagh.

Identifier B.099
Collection B: Mosques of Isfahan
Location Isfahan, Iran
Year 1963
Batch Stamp SEP 63
Keywords Arches,
Arcade,
Tiles,
Pointed Arches,
Vaulting,
Pool,
Safavid,
Eighteenth Century,
Written Date 1963
Printed Date September, 1963
Slide Notes ISFAHAN, Chaharbagh Mosque.
Index Notes Chaharbagh.
General Location Chahar Bagh Madrasa
Camera Location Reflection of West Arcade in Pool
Precision Likely
Angle 255 degrees W
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