Ghiyathiyya madrese ceramic tiles_Mawer.m4v

This short film (with sound) explores the ceramic tiles on the Ghiyathiyya Madrese at Khargerd in NE Iran. The madrese (religious school) was constructed in 1438-45 and is a showpiece of Timurid decorative art: with six different sorts of tiles, as well as some elegantly geometrical wallpainting and amazing plaster effects in the muqarnas (stalactite vaulting). This film concentrates especially on the 10 and 12 star-pointed tiles.

Видео Ghiyathiyya madrese ceramic tiles_Mawer.m4v канала Caroline Mawer