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Nishapur: Some Early Islamic Buildings and Their Decoration

Nishapur: Some Early Islamic Buildings and Their Decoration

Wilkinson, Charles K.
1987
328 pages
475 illustrations
8.5 x 11 in
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Map of the Near East
Director's Foreword
Acknowledgments
Color Plates
Introduction
Map of Nishapur and Environs

Chapter 1: Tepe Madraseh

Brickwork
Carved Stone, Carved and Molded Plaster
Wall Painting

Chapter 2: The Vinyard Tepe

Carved Stone and Plaster
Wall Painting

Chapter 3: Sabz Pushan

Brickwork
Carved Plaster
Wall Painting

Chapter 4: The Qanat Tepe

Brickwork
Carved Plaster
Wall Painting

Appendix I: Wall Painting from the Qanat Tepe Bathhouse

Appendix II: Treatment of a Fragment of Painted Plaster from the Qanat Tepe Bathhouse

Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Fragment of a Frieze, Terracotta; carved, painted
11th century
Fragment of a Painted Cornice Panel with Scrolling Vines, Stucco; carved and painted
11th century
Wall Painting, Stucco; painted
9th century
Painted Dado Panels, Stucco; painted
9th century
Wall Painting with Female Figure, Stucco; painted
9th–10th century
Veiled Woman, Stucco; painted
9th–10th century
Blue Figure, Possibly a Demon, Stucco; painted
9th–10th century
Element from a Stalactite Squinch (Muqarnas), Stucco; painted
10th century
Element from a Stalactite Squinch (Muqarnas), Stucco; painted
10th century
Fragment of a Wall Painting, Stucco; painted
late 8th–early 9th century
Embossed Candlestick, Stonepaste; applied decoration, monochrome painted under turquoise glaze
12th century
Mold, Earthenware; modeled and incised
late 9th–early 10th century
late 9th–early 10th century
Boss, Earthenware; molded
11th century
9th–10th century
Fragment of a Frieze, Earthenware; carved and painted
11th century
Architectural Ornament, Earthenware; carved and painted
11th century
Fragment of a Frieze, Terracotta; carved, painted
11th century
Fragment of a Frieze, Terracotta; carved, painted
11th century
Fragment of a Frieze, Terracotta; carved, painted
11th century
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———. 1986. Nishapur: Some Early Islamic Buildings and Their Decoration. New York: Metropolitan museum of art.