Islam from Baghdad to Cordoba : early architecture from the 7th to the 13th century / Henri Stierlin

By:

Stierlin, Henry

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Taschen's world architecturePublication details: Hong Kong : Taschen, 2009.Description: 224 pISBN:

9783836510592

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DDC classification:

720.917671 STI-I

Contents:

Introduction : the origins of Islam -- The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem -- The Great Mosque of the Umayyads of Damascus -- Umayyad palaces -- Umayyad splendor in Cordoba -- The grandeur of the Abbasid Caliphate -- The diversity of Muslim Egypt -- The disintegration of the far western empire -- Upheavals in the near east -- Conclusion : new concepts of space.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB J-1	Non Fiction	720.917671 STI-I (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		001801

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Translated from the French.
Originally published 1996.

Introduction : the origins of Islam --
The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem --
The Great Mosque of the Umayyads of Damascus --
Umayyad palaces --
Umayyad splendor in Cordoba --
The grandeur of the Abbasid Caliphate --
The diversity of Muslim Egypt --
The disintegration of the far western empire --
Upheavals in the near east --
Conclusion : new concepts of space.

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