- with one end
entirely open. The
formal gateway to the iwan is
called pishtaq, a
Persian term for a
portal projecting from the
facade of a building,...
-
earliest dated example of a
pishtaq, with it
becoming a
staple of
Islamic architecture. It has been
proposed that the
pishtaq developed further with the...
- finial. Each side of the iwan is
framed with a 33-metre (108 ft) high
pishtaq (vaulted archway) with two
similarly shaped arched balconies stacked on...
- the
Timurid Empire era of Timur, has an
imposing iwan with a lancet-arch
pishtaq or
portal facing the square. The
corners are
flanked by high minarets....
- Mirza, c. 1490.
Brooklyn Museum.
Calligraphy of
Persian poems on
large pishtaq at the Agra Fort,
India Chalipa panel, Mir Emad.
Calligraphic composition...
-
architectural framework. The
entrance is
located on the
southeast side
through a
pishtaq,
leading to a long iwan that
opens onto an open
rectangular courtyard....
- motif.
Eight pishtaq arches define the
space at
ground level. As is
typical with the exterior, each
lower pishtaq is
crowned by a
second pishtaq about midway...
-
featuring golden finials. The façade of the
prayer hall
features a
grand pishtaq in the centre,
flanked by five smaller,
cusped archways on
either side...
- iwans. The
outer iwan,
facing Registan square, has a huge 35-foot tall
pishtaq (twice the
height of the rest of the building) and
occupies two thirds...
-
Pishtac (possibly from
Ancash Quechua for slaughterer, is a 5,095-metre-high (16,716 ft)
mountain in the
Andes of Peru. It is
located in the Lima Region...
