03669oam 2200721I 450 991048202180332120220609185158.01-315-54751-11-134-75931-21-134-75938-X10.4324/9781315547510(CKB)3710000001140342(MiAaPQ)EBC4834210(OCoLC)981463873(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70724(EXLCZ)99371000000114034220180706d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierOccidentalist perceptions of European architecture in nineteenth-century Persian travel diaries travels in farangi space /Vahid Vahdat ZadTaylor & Francis2017New York :Routledge,2017.1 online resource (217 pages) illustrationsBased on the author's thesis (doctoral--Texas A & M University, 2014) under the title: Imagining the modern : an Occidentalist perception and representation of farangi architecture and urbanism in 19th-Century Persian travel diaries.0-367-20779-6 1-4724-7394-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. The first brick -- 2. Modernity in a suitcase -- 3. When worlds collide -- 4. Imagining the modern -- 5. Tajaddod as a discourse.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.Space (Architecture)EuropeForeign public opinion, IranianEast and WestTravelers' writings, Persian19th centuryHistory and criticismIraniansTravelEuropeHistory19th centuryIraniansDiariesEuropeCivilization19th centuryIranIntellectual life19th centuryamphitheatreastleysbailliedivingfrasergardensjamesliteraturetravelersvauxhallSpace (Architecture)Foreign public opinion, Iranian.East and West.Travelers' writings, PersianHistory and criticism.IraniansTravelHistoryIranians720.94/09034Vahdat Zad Vahid.995886MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910482021803321Occidentalist perceptions of European architecture in nineteenth-century Persian travel diaries2281919UNINA