Description: Part I: Syria; 1. Monuments with a Message: Propagation of Jihad under Nur al-Din; 2. Survivals and Archaisms in the Architecture of Northern Syria, ca. 1080-ca. 1150; 3. Circles of Power: Palace, Citadel and City in Ayyubid Aleppo; 4. Dayfa Khatun: Architectural Patron and Regent Queen; 5. Defending Ayyubid Aleppo: The Fortifications of al-Zahir Ghazi (1186-1216); 6. Originality and Innovation in Syrian Woodwork of the 12th and 13th Centuries; Part II: Iraq; 7. The Mosque of Nur al-Din in Mosul, 1170-72; 8. The Resurgence of the Baghdad Caliphate (1050-1258); 9. The Politics of Patronage in Medieval Mosul: Nur al-Din, Badr al-Din, and the Question of the Sunni Revival; Part III: Domes; 10. The Muqarnas Dome: Its Origin and Meaning; 11. The Muqarnas Domes and Portal Vaults of Cairo; 12. Andalusian Roots and Abbasid Homage in the Qubbat al-Barudiyyin in Marrakesh; Part IV: Writing; 13. The Transformation of Arabic Writing, I. Qur'anic Calligraphy; 14. The Transformation of Arabic Writing, II. The Public Text; 15. Canonicity and Control: The Sociopolitical Underpinnings of Ibn Muqla's Reform; Part V: Gardens; 16. Typology and Hydraulics in the Medieval Islamic Garden; 17. Control and Abandon: Images of Water in Arabic Gardens and Garden Poetry; 18. Eternal Hunting Fields: The Frescos at Qusayr 'Amra as a Pastoralist Interpretation of the Paradise Garden; Part VI: Shrines; 19. Invented Pieties: The Revival and Rebuilding of Shi'ite Shrines in Contemporary Syria; 20. Glorifying the Imamate: Architecture and Ritual in the Shi'i Shrines of Syria; 21. The Functional Aspects of Medieval Islamic Hospitals.
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EAN: 9781474482189
UPC: 9781474482189
ISBN: 9781474482189
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Book Title: The Production of Meaning in Islamic Architecture
Item Length: 24.6 cm
Item Weight: 1.34 kg
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Name: The Production of Meaning in Islamic Architecture and Ornament
Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press
Item Height: 244 mm
Publication Year: 2021
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Social Organisations
Author: Yasser Tabbaa
Item Width: 170 mm
Series: Collected Papers in Islamic Art
Format: Hardcover
