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oapen-20.500.12657-494452023-06-29T13:17:08Z Occidentalist Perceptions of European Architecture in Nineteenth-Century Persian Travel Diaries Vahdat, Vahid amphitheatre astleys baillie diving fraser gardens james literature travelers vauxhall bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AM Architecture In the midst of Europe’s nineteenth-century industrial revolution, four men embarked on separate journeys to the wondrous Farangestan – a land of fascinating objects, mysterious technologies, heavenly women, and magical spaces. Determined to learn the secret of Farangestan’s advancements, the travelers kept detailed records of their observations. These diaries mapped an aspirational path to progress for curious Iranian audiences who were eager to change the course of history. Two hundred years later, Travels in Farangi Space unpacks these writings to reveal a challenging new interpretation of Iran’s experience of modernity. This book opens the Persian travelers’ long-forgotten suitcases, and analyzes the descriptions contained within to gain insight into Occidentalist perspectives on modern Europe. By carefully tracing the physical and mental journeys of these travelers, the book paints a picture of European architecture that is nothing like what one would expect. 2021-06-10T09:36:09Z 2021-06-10T09:36:09Z 2017 book ONIX_20210610_9781134759316_4 9781134759316 9781315547510 9780367207793 9781472473943 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49445 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781134759316.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781315547510 10.4324/9781315547510 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb Washington State University 9781134759316 9781315547510 9780367207793 9781472473943 Routledge 200 open access
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In the midst of Europe’s nineteenth-century industrial revolution, four men embarked on separate journeys to the wondrous Farangestan – a land of fascinating objects, mysterious technologies, heavenly women, and magical spaces. Determined to learn the secret of Farangestan’s advancements, the travelers kept detailed records of their observations. These diaries mapped an aspirational path to progress for curious Iranian audiences who were eager to change the course of history. Two hundred years later, Travels in Farangi Space unpacks these writings to reveal a challenging new interpretation of Iran’s experience of modernity. This book opens the Persian travelers’ long-forgotten suitcases, and analyzes the descriptions contained within to gain insight into Occidentalist perspectives on modern Europe. By carefully tracing the physical and mental journeys of these travelers, the book paints a picture of European architecture that is nothing like what one would expect.
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