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The Tomb of Itimad al-Dawla in Agra: Detail of the marble screen with polygonal and star patterns

The Tomb of Itimad al-Dawla in Agra (1628). A low pavilion over a square plinth, situated in the center of a chahar bagh and surrounded by four minarets at the four corners. This is the first monument to employ white marble and pietra dura.

 

Format

Photograph

 

Credit

Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.

 

MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin

4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002

 

MIT Course Instructor

Rabbat, Nasser O.

 

MIT Department

Architecture

 

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http://ocw.mit.edu/terms

 

Publisher

MIT OpenCourseWare

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Taken on July 8, 2002