#  HAA 124e 

 





 Semester:   Fall 

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 Year offered:  2017 

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 Link: [Course Website](https://courses.my.harvard.edu/psp/courses/EMPLOYEE/EMPL/h/?tab=HU_CLASS_SEARCH…) 

 

 

 

*Architecture and the Construction of Early Modern Islamic Empire*  
Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar  
Tuesday, 1-3pm  
Between the 16th and 18th centuries, three empires - the Mediterranean-based Ottomans, Safavids in Iran, and Mughals in India - developed interconnected yet distinctive architectural cultures with individualized ornamental idioms by fusing their common Timurid heritage with cosmopolitan regional traditions. Explores connections between empire building and architecture, with respect to aesthetics, religion, imperial ideology, and theories of dynastic legitimacy.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Fall 2017 ](/classterm/fall-2017)