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Seljuk stucco figures information


A royal Seljuk figure made of stucco displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This figure might decorate the wall of a 12th-century Seljuk palace.

The Seljuk stucco figures are stucco (plaster) figures found in the region of the Seljuk Empire, from its "golden age" between the 11th and 13th centuries. They decorated the inner walls and friezes of Seljuk palaces, together with other ornamented stucco ornaments, concealing the wall behind them. The figures were painted bright-colored and often gilded. They represented royal figures and were symbols of power and authority.

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Seljuk stucco figures

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The Seljuk stucco figures are stucco (plaster) figures found in the region of the Seljuk Empire, from its "golden age" between the 11th and 13th centuries...

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Seljuk Empire

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The Seljuk Empire, or the Great Seljuk Empire, was a high medieval, culturally Turco-Persian, Sunni Muslim empire, established and ruled by the Qïnïq branch...

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Seljuk architecture

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using brickwork, tiles, and carved stucco. After the 11th century the Seljuks of Anatolia emerged from the Great Seljuk Empire, along with various local...

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Persian art

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and Isfahan, all in Iran. Seljuq palace centres often featured Seljuk stucco figures. Popular patronage expanded because of a growing economy and new...

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Stucco decoration in Islamic architecture

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Abbasid models, employing stucco carved in high relief, especially in the decoration of mihrabs during the periods of Seljuk and Mongol domination.: 121–122 ...

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Madrasa

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of institution is widely credited to Nizam al-Mulk, a vizier under the Seljuks in the 11th century, who was responsible for building the first network...

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Merv

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city. The mausoleum's decoration, in typical early Seljuk style, was conservative, with interior stucco work and geometric brick decoration, now mainly lost...

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Persian pottery

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included the mixture of yellow and green glazes. Seljuk pottery, produced when Iran was part of the Seljuk Empire, is often considered the finest period...

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Kaftan

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Turkish figures dressed in kaftans. The palace was built for Sultan Aladdin Kayqubad I who ruled from 1220 to 1237. Furthermore, typical Seljuk depictions...

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Muqarnas

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Tim, and that it was further developed in subsequent Seljuk architecture, as seen in the Seljuk domes of the Great Mosque of Isfahan (1088). Other scholars...

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Islamic art

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metals. Across the Seljuk era, from Iran to Iraq, a unification of book painting can be seen. These paintings have animalistic figures that convey strong...

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Fatimid Caliphate

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internal difficulties, the caliphate was weakened by the encroachment of the Seljuk Turks into Syria in the 1070s and the arrival of the Crusaders in the Levant...

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Abbasid Caliphate

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al-Mustarshid was the first caliph to build an army capable of meeting a Seljuk army in battle, he was nonetheless defeated and assassinated in 1135. The...

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Timurid Renaissance

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cousin, Babur of Mughal India. Timurid architecture drew on aspects of Seljuk architecture. Turquoise and blue tiles forming intricate linear and geometric...

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Fatimid architecture

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and qiblas, and façade ornamentation with iconographic inscriptions, and stucco decorations. The woodwork of the doors and interiors of the buildings was...

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Timurid Empire

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buildings. Sometimes the interior was decorated similarly, with painting and stucco relief further enriching the effect. Timurid architecture is the pinnacle...

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Central Asian art

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JEAN-FRANÇOIS; PARRY, VICKI (2014). "The Large Audience: Life-Sized Stucco Figures of Royal Princes from the Seljuq Period". Muqarnas. 31: 35–71. doi:10...

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Tikal

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some waterproofed natural depressions. The main plazas were surfaced with stucco and laid at a gradient that channelled rainfall into a system of canals...

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Ancient Carthage

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part. There were country homes everywhere, lavishly built and covered with stucco. ... Part of the land was planted with vines, part with olives and other...

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Hammam

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the upkeep of other institutions such as mosques. In the 11th century the Seljuk Empire conquered much of Anatolia from the Byzantine Empire, eventually...

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Sasanian architecture

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hence the use of massive walls of brick decorated with molded or carved stucco. Stucco wall decorations appear at Bishapur, but better examples are preserved...

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Almoravid dynasty

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surviving, and is notable for its highly ornate interior dome with carved stucco decoration, complex arch shapes, and minor muqarnas cupolas in the corners...

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Isfahan

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Sasanian Empire (3rd–7th century Sassanid era); it was repaired during the Seljuk period. Further upstream is the Khaju Bridge, which Shah Abbas II built...

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Parthian Empire

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even graffiti. Geometric and stylized plant patterns were also used on stucco and plaster walls. The common motif of the Sasanian period showing two horsemen...

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Mamluk Sultanate

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Mamluks were outnumbered by the 80,000-strong Ilkhanid-Armenian-Georgian-Seljuk coalition, but routed the coalition at the battle of Homs, confirming Mamluk...

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Sasanian Empire

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hence the use of massive walls of brick decorated with molded or carved stucco. Stucco wall decorations appear at Bishapur, but better examples are preserved...

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Bamyan

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at least 900 caves are carved into the rock, decorated with frescoes and stucco work. The Islamic fortress Schahr-i Suhak about 15 km east of the cliff...

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Marinid Sultanate

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increasingly intricate and extensive decoration, particularly in wood and stucco. They were also the first to deploy extensive use of zellij (mosaic tilework...

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List of towers in Iran

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monument in Sari, Iran. The tower was constructed in the 11th-century. A stucco is written on the entrance, in Arabic and Pahlavi, which states that the...

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