Planning and decoration are two complementary but separate aspects in the architecture of Parthian Nisa: both in form and in substance there is a clear dichotomy between planning schemes which are still strongly indebted to the Iranian or Central Asian tradition, and decorative schemes which are more affected by western influences, though always adapted and reinterpreted according to the local taste...

Some considerations on the planning and use of colour in the architecture of Parthian Nisa

LIPPOLIS, Carlo
2011-01-01

Abstract

Planning and decoration are two complementary but separate aspects in the architecture of Parthian Nisa: both in form and in substance there is a clear dichotomy between planning schemes which are still strongly indebted to the Iranian or Central Asian tradition, and decorative schemes which are more affected by western influences, though always adapted and reinterpreted according to the local taste...
2011
17/1
209
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http://www.topoi.mom.fr
Parthian-Nisa; parthian-architecture; use-of-colour-in-parthian-architecture
Carlo Lippolis
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