IDENTIFICATION
What is Audience Hall (Apadana) reliefs?
This Achaemenid relief shows delegations bringing tribute to the Persian king at Persepolis.
What is stone (limestone)?
The Apadana reliefs were carved from this material.
What is imperial power and unity of the Persian Empire?
The Apadana reliefs primarily served to show this concept.
What is an iwan?
A large vaulted entrance hall typical in Islamic architecture.
What is the Achaemenid Empire?
The Apadana reliefs belong to this empire.
What is the Great Mosque of Isfahan?
This Islamic religious building in Isfahan is famous for its four-iwan courtyard plan.
What is silk and wool?
The Ardabil Carpet is made primarily from this material.
What is Muhammad’s Night Journey?
The Dome of the Rock was built to mark this sacred event in Islamic tradition.
What is centralized octagonal plan?
The Dome of the Rock’s plan is best described as this shape.
What is the Umayyad Dynasty?
The Dome of the Rock was built under this Islamic dynasty.
What is the Bahram Gur Fights the Karg folio from the Shah Tahmasp Shahnameh?
This illuminated manuscript depicts a night journey and belongs to a Persian epic poem.
What is illuminated manuscript painting?
The Shahnameh manuscript uses this artistic technique involving gold and vivid pigments.
What is a mosque or shrine interior?
The Ardabil Carpet was originally created for this type of space.
What is four-iwan courtyard plan?
The Great Mosque of Isfahan is an early major example of this mosque layout.
What is the Safavid Dynasty?
The Ardabil Carpet is from this Persian dynasty.
Who is Sinan?
This Ottoman architect designed the Süleymaniye Mosque.
What is mosaic and glazed tile?
The Dome of the Rock is covered in this shimmering surface decoration.
What is growing worshipper populations?
The Great Mosque of Isfahan expanded over centuries mainly to accommodate this.
What is float weightlessly on light-filled supports?
Sinan engineered the Süleymaniye Mosque dome to appear to do this.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Sinan worked for this empire.
Who is Hossein Amanat?
This 20th-century Iranian architect designed the Azadi Tower in Tehran.
What is the iwan?
The Azadi Tower combines modern concrete with traditional inspiration from this historic building form.
What is Iran’s 2500th anniversary of the Persian Empire?
The Azadi Tower was built to commemorate this event.
What is the Sassanian arch at Ctesiphon?
The Azadi Tower merges modern engineering with motifs from this earlier Persian structure.
What is the 1979 Iranian Revolution?
The Azadi Tower was completed shortly before this major political event in Iran.