Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: Aga Khan Mausoleum
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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Preferred Title:
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Aga Khan Mausoleum
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Image View:
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Context view looking west over the Nile River from Aswan
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Creator:
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unknown (Egyptian (modern))
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Location:
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site: Aswan, Upper Egypt, Egypt
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Date:
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ca. 1957 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Egyptian (modern); Islamic
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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mausoleum
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Classification:
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architecture
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; death or burial; rulers and leaders
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Description:
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On the West bank of Aswan. "To the south, the massive granite mausoleum of the third Aga Khan (1877-1957) overlooks the river. A square, single-domed structure in the Fatimid style, it contains a tomb of solid Carrara marble." (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module One
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Identifier:
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1A2-EG-A-AKM-A1
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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