Abstract

Typical mirrored interiors of Iran of the 18th through the early 21st centuries are discussed in this article. Aesthetic, plastic, architectural and design particularities of existence of such places in Persian tradition are researched on examples of Golestan and Saadabad royal complexes at Tehran, religious sights of Qazvin (the holy place Hossein Imamzadeh grave mosque and Friday mosque); mausoleum of Abraham descendant, the prophet Keydar at Zanjan province; Sayed Alaeddin Hussein mosque, Shah Cheragh mosque (Blue or Mirrored mosque), Ali Ibn Hamzeh mausoleum in Shiraz. Particularities of addition to amalgamated glass of mirrored sculptural elements, precious stones and silver plates in such complexes are clarified.

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