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Qusayr Amra
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Author : Garth Fowden
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2004-09-20
Qusayr Amra written by Garth Fowden and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-20 with History categories.
From the stony desolation of Jordan's desert, it is but a step through a doorway into the bath house of the Qusayr 'Amra hunting lodge. Inside, multicolored frescoes depict scenes from courtly life and the hunt, along with musicians, dancing girls, and naked bathing women. The traveler is transported to the luxurious and erotic world of a mid-eighth-century Muslim Arab prince. For scholars, though, Qusayr 'Amra, probably painted in the 730s or 740s, has proved a mirage, its concreteness dissolved by doubts about date, patron, and meaning. This is the first book-length contextualization of the mysterious monument through a compelling analysis of its iconography and of the literary sources for the Umayyad period. It illuminates not only the way of life of the early Muslim elite but also the long afterglow of late antique Syria.
Qusayr Amra
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Author : Garth Fowden
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2004-09-20
Qusayr Amra written by Garth Fowden and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-20 with Art categories.
Qusayr'Amra is a major Islamic archaeological site, a princely bathhouse with intact frescoes dating from the mid-eighth century.
Byzantium And The Arabs In The Sixth Century
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Author : Irfan Shahîd
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1995
Byzantium And The Arabs In The Sixth Century written by Irfan Shahîd and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Business & Economics categories.
This fourth installment of Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century resumes the previous volume's discussion of the Ghassanids by examining their economic, social, and cultural history. First, Irfan Shahîd focuses on the economy of the Ghassanids and presents information on various trade routes and fairs. Second, the author reconstructs Ghassanid daily life by discussing topics as varied as music, food, medicine, the role of women, and horse racing. Shahîd concludes the volume with an examination of cultural life, including descriptions of urbanization, Arabic script, chivalry, and poetry. Throughout the volume, the author reveals the history of a fully developed and unique Christian-Arab culture. Shahîd exhaustively describes the society of the Ghassanids, and their contributions to the cultural environment that persisted in Oriens during the sixth century and continued into the period of the Umayyad caliphate.
The Umayyads
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Author : Museum With No Frontiers
language : en
Publisher: AIRP
Release Date : 2000
The Umayyads written by Museum With No Frontiers and has been published by AIRP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Architecture categories.
This fascinating new series will present 12 Exhibition Trails in 11 countries, which follow the chronology of the spread of Islamic art in that area. The Museum With No Frontiers programme is based on the novel idea of organising exhibitions without transporting the works of art, instead allowing the visitor to discover the artefacts, architecture and museums in their original environment and within their historical and cultural context. This concept makes it possible for the Islamic art academic or enthusiast to experience art as a living illustration of social history. Each Exhibition Trail is divided into a number of itineraries that provide detailed information on the history and significance of each structure or work and offer practical information on guided tours, transportation and cultural activities. The beautifully illustrated descriptions of the archaeological sites, artworks and architecture are written by experts in the field who live in the specified area itself. Visit the virtual gallery www.mwnf.org for further information. The exhibition is devoted to significant monuments from the reign of the Umayyad caliphs (660-750 AD) in an area that stretched from Amman to Mo
World Monuments Fund Conservation At Qusayr Amra Jordan
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Author : Gaetano Palumbo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-10
World Monuments Fund Conservation At Qusayr Amra Jordan written by Gaetano Palumbo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10 with categories.
Islamic Art And Architecture 650 1250
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Author : Richard Ettinghausen
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2003-07-11
Islamic Art And Architecture 650 1250 written by Richard Ettinghausen and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-11 with Art categories.
This richly illustrated book provides an unsurpassed overview of Islamic art and architecture from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries, a time of the formation of a new artistic culture and its first, medieval, flowering in the vast area from the Atlantic to India. Inspired by Ettinghausen and Grabar’s original text, this book has been completely rewritten and updated to take into account recent information and methodological advances. The volume focuses special attention on the development of numerous regional centers of art in Spain, North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Anatolia, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as the western and northeastern provinces of Iran. It traces the cultural and artistic evolution of such centers in the seminal early Islamic period and examines the wealth of different ways of creating a beautiful environment. The book approaches the arts with new classifications of architecture and architectural decoration, the art of the object, and the art of the book. With many new illustrations, often in color, this volume broadens the picture of Islamic artistic production and discusses objects in a wide range of media, including textiles, ceramics, metal, and wood. The book incorporates extensive accounts of the cultural contexts of the arts and defines the originality of each period. A final chapter explores the impact of Islamic art on the creativity of non-Muslims within the Islamic realm and in areas surrounding the Muslim world.
Mesopotamia Syria And Transjordan In The Archibald Creswell Photograph Collection Of The Biblioteca Berenson
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Author : Stefano Anastasio
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2023-03-23
Mesopotamia Syria And Transjordan In The Archibald Creswell Photograph Collection Of The Biblioteca Berenson written by Stefano Anastasio and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-23 with Social Science categories.
Keppel Archibald Cameron Creswell (1879-1974) developed an early interest in Islamic architecture, considering photography as an essential tool for recording architectural artefacts. This volume presents the photographs that concern Mesopotamia, Syria and Jordan, kept today at the Biblioteca Berenson in Florence.
The Arab Contribution To Islamic Art From The Seventh To The Fifteenth Centuries
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Author : wijdan ali
language : en
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
Release Date : 1999
The Arab Contribution To Islamic Art From The Seventh To The Fifteenth Centuries written by wijdan ali and has been published by American Univ in Cairo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Art categories.
Appraises the early periods of Islamic art within its own cultural framework and according to Islamic esthetics
Constructing Architecture
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Author : Andrea Deplazes
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2005-07-25
Constructing Architecture written by Andrea Deplazes and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-25 with Architecture categories.
Now in its second edition: the trailblazing introduction and textbook on construction includes a new section on translucent materials and an article on the use of glass.
Empires Of Faith In Late Antiquity
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Author : Jaś Elsner
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-03-19
Empires Of Faith In Late Antiquity written by Jaś Elsner and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-19 with Art categories.
Explores the problems for studying art and religion in Eurasia arising from ancestral, colonial and post-colonial biases in historiography.