title: Written and Pictorial Sources on the Architecture of Persia and Central Asia during the Era of Timur’s and Timurids’ Rule
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metadata.value: Morozova, Anna V.
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metadata.value: Daroudi, Aysan
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metadata.value: 2023-01-20T13:44:09Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-01-20T13:44:09Z
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metadata.value: 2022-12
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metadata.value: Morozova, Anna, and Aysan Daroudi. “Written and Pictorial Sources on the Architecture of Persia and Central Asia during the Era of Timur’s and Timurids’ Rule”. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts 12, no. 4 (2022): 724–743. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu15.2022.409 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu15.2022.409
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/38890
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metadata.value: The article is devoted to the study of the most valuable source at the culture and architecture
  of Persia and Central Asia during the reign of Timur (late 14th — early 15th centuries) — the
  diary of the Spanish ambassador to the court of Timur. At this stage in the development of researching
  on the Persian and Central Asian architecture of the Timurid period, along with the
  problem of “analysis” of monuments and artistic style, the problem of “synthesis” of image of
  these architecture is urgent. The authors of this article propose a methodology for restoring the
  general impression of this architecture, which can serve as a basis for the process of “synthesis”,
  based on the study of the contemporary written source of the early 15th century — the diary of
  the Spanish grandee Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo, who was part of the Spanish embassy, sent by the
  Castilian king Enrice III to the court of Timur at 1403–1406. Being an educated man and receptive
  to the new, Clavijo was able to isolate the characteristic features of the worldview of a man of
  the East, primarily an oriental despot, and the associated features of the art of the East. He and
  his colleagues in the embassy drew attention to the cunning, treachery, ingenuity, secrecy of the
  eastern rulers. The Spaniards were struck by the luxury, power and wealth of Timur’s state, which
  at that time was at the zenith of glory. The Spaniards, accustomed to the stability of architectural
  images in their native Spain, were amazed at the variability of the artistic images of the East.
  They drew attention to the love of the representatives of the peoples of the East for free draperies,
  giving themselves to the will of the wind, in the temporary architecture and in festive women’s
  clothes, that by their nature were well consistent with the decoration of architectural buildings.
  The Spanish envoys revealed that subservient to the first and most faithful fresh impression,
  tenaciously grasping the main difference between the architecture of Timur’s state and contemporary
  European architecture. This difference consisted in the desire to create an image that is
  changing, diverse, fluid, mobile, not instantly solved and full of mystery, but at the same time
  striking the imagination with its luxury and wealth and according to the understanding of their
  masters, customers and spectators. The conclusion about the specifics of Timurid architecture,
  made on the basis of a study of the diary of the Spanish ambassador, is supported by the authors
  of the article turning to the analysis of written and pictorial sources created by representatives of
  the studied culture itself.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Arts;Volume 12; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Persia’ art
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Central Asia’ art
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Timur State’ architecture
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Spanish-Persian cultural contacts
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Spanish-Central-Asian cultural contacts
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Orient’ understanding of Europeans
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Timurid art’ specificity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the 15th century’ Spanish embassy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Written and Pictorial Sources on the Architecture of Persia and Central Asia during the Era of Timur’s and Timurids’ Rule
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metadata.value: Article
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