This overview of Sasanian stuccoes includes sites divided chronologically – without losing sight the regional premises. The iconographic repertoire found in hitherto had been then catalogued ornamental, plant, figural, animal, and monograms. Noteworthy is paragraph on transmission architectural decorations. Although just a few motifs influenced Byzantine decorative language, several were transm...

Stucco decorations are among the major decorative elements of the religious structures of the Ilkhanid period in Iran.Typical examples of these decorations are found in the mausoleum of Pir-i Bakran, located some” 30 km” southwestof Isfahan. Owing to the importance of the decorative technique and its great stucco decorations, several contemporaryIslamic scholars have described the mausoleum as ...

according to technical presages, in the preliminary studies, we have found that there are at least 12 different kinds of stucco decorations belonging to the islamic periods of iran. technical executive details in each kind of these decorations depending on composition and method of treatment, manner of forming, and measure of relieve are different. unlike two common categorizations which are ba...

PURPOSE To assess the conservation status of, to gain information on the creation of, and to provide surface reformations of the core and the surface of the bust of the pharaoh-queen Nefertiti, considered to be one of the greatest treasures of ancient Egyptian art, with computed tomography (CT). MATERIALS AND METHODS Multisection CT was performed with 0.6-mm section thickness. Two- and three-...

Comares Hall is the most majestic room in the Alhambra. It is located within Comares Tower, which was built by artisans from the nearby town of Comares. The Hall measures 30’x30’, with a 60-foot-high domed ceiling and nine large windows. The ceiling, beams, and doors of Comares Hall are of carved wood, the floors and wainscoting are glazed earthenware mosaic, and other ornamental surfaces are o...