Half the World is Isfahan: the Life and Times of an Islamic City
FREE lectures at the Goleta Valley Public Library
Lecture: Half the World is Isfahan: the Life and Times of an Islamic City
By Prof. Nuha Khoury, Dept. of History of Art and Architecture, UCSB
ABSTRACT: Isfahan was once one of the largest thriving cities in the world and was the capital of Persia. Prof. Khoury will discuss the transformation of this city and the production of a new
art and lifestyle in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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