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- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/SmartHistory_of_Art/05%3A_Asia/5.06%3A_AfghanistanBecause of Afghanistan’s geographical position—on the edge of central Asia with India and China beyond to the east, and Iran, the Middle East and the numerous cultures of the Mediterranean and the res...Because of Afghanistan’s geographical position—on the edge of central Asia with India and China beyond to the east, and Iran, the Middle East and the numerous cultures of the Mediterranean and the rest of Europe to the west—it was criss-crossed by ancient trade routes. The use of the inscription on the dado as a commemorative display to honor the leaders of the dynasty and mark the construction of the building was also unusual.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/SmartHistory_of_Art/14%3A_At-risk_Cultural_Heritage_Education_Series_(ARCHES)/14.05%3A_The_many_forms_of_iconoclasmIn the case of the “The Angel Surush rescues Khusraw Parviz,” for example, the calligrapher wrote some of the lines on the front side of the folio diagonally so that the page contains only 12 lines of...In the case of the “The Angel Surush rescues Khusraw Parviz,” for example, the calligrapher wrote some of the lines on the front side of the folio diagonally so that the page contains only 12 lines of text instead of the standard 22, and the couplets describing the angel’s descent fall next to the painting on the reverse.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Southwestern_College/Art_104%3A_Introduction_To_Art_(Donovan)/09%3A_Art_and_Ethics/9.06%3A_The_many_forms_of_iconoclasmIn the case of the “The Angel Surush rescues Khusraw Parviz,” for example, the calligrapher wrote some of the lines on the front side of the folio diagonally so that the page contains only 12 lines of...In the case of the “The Angel Surush rescues Khusraw Parviz,” for example, the calligrapher wrote some of the lines on the front side of the folio diagonally so that the page contains only 12 lines of text instead of the standard 22, and the couplets describing the angel’s descent fall next to the painting on the reverse.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/SmartHistory_of_Art/03%3A_The_Islamic_World/3.04%3A_Later_periodIt measures 190 x 130 meters (or more than the length of two football fields) and is composed of a mosque, two symmetrical square madrasas (one of which served as a college for studying the hadiths, o...It measures 190 x 130 meters (or more than the length of two football fields) and is composed of a mosque, two symmetrical square madrasas (one of which served as a college for studying the hadiths, or traditions of the Prophet Muhammad), and there was a row of shops (arasta) and a school for learning the recitation of the Quran located to the west and added during the reign of Sultan Murad III, whose rule followed Selim II.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Prince_George's_Community_College/Introduction_to_Art__Art_History_Part_2/05%3A_Asia/5.06%3A_AfghanistanBecause of Afghanistan’s geographical position—on the edge of central Asia with India and China beyond to the east, and Iran, the Middle East and the numerous cultures of the Mediterranean and the res...Because of Afghanistan’s geographical position—on the edge of central Asia with India and China beyond to the east, and Iran, the Middle East and the numerous cultures of the Mediterranean and the rest of Europe to the west—it was criss-crossed by ancient trade routes. The use of the inscription on the dado as a commemorative display to honor the leaders of the dynasty and mark the construction of the building was also unusual.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Prince_George's_Community_College/Introduction_to_Art__Art_History_Part_2/03%3A_The_Islamic_World/3.04%3A_Later_periodIt measures 190 x 130 meters (or more than the length of two football fields) and is composed of a mosque, two symmetrical square madrasas (one of which served as a college for studying the hadiths, o...It measures 190 x 130 meters (or more than the length of two football fields) and is composed of a mosque, two symmetrical square madrasas (one of which served as a college for studying the hadiths, or traditions of the Prophet Muhammad), and there was a row of shops (arasta) and a school for learning the recitation of the Quran located to the west and added during the reign of Sultan Murad III, whose rule followed Selim II.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Prince_George's_Community_College/Introduction_to_Art__Art_History_Part_2/12%3A_At-risk_Cultural_Heritage_Education_Series_(ARCHES)/12.05%3A_The_many_forms_of_iconoclasmIn the case of the “The Angel Surush rescues Khusraw Parviz,” for example, the calligrapher wrote some of the lines on the front side of the folio diagonally so that the page contains only 12 lines of...In the case of the “The Angel Surush rescues Khusraw Parviz,” for example, the calligrapher wrote some of the lines on the front side of the folio diagonally so that the page contains only 12 lines of text instead of the standard 22, and the couplets describing the angel’s descent fall next to the painting on the reverse.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/SmartHistory_of_Art_2e/SmartHistory_of_Art_XIV-_At-risk_Cultural_Heritage_Education_Series_(ARCHES)/17.05%3A_The_many_forms_of_iconoclasm
