1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911135281003321

Autore

Fowden Garth

Titolo

Qusayr Amra : art and the Umayyad elite in late antique Syria / / Garth Fowden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2004

ISBN

9786612357022

9781282357020

1282357026

9780520929609

0520929608

9781597348447

1597348449

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxix, 390 pages) : illustrations, map

Collana

The transformation of the classical heritage ; ; 36

Disciplina

751.7/3/0956959

Soggetti

Mural painting and decoration, Umayyad - Jordan - Foreign influences

Arabic poetry - 622-750 - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-374) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Musil's Fairy-Tale Castle -- 2. Luxuries of the Bath -- 3. The Hunt -- 4. "O God, Bless the Amír" -- 5. The Princely Patron -- 6. Maintaining the Dynasty -- 7. The Six Kings -- 8. A Captive Sasanian Princess -- 9. Quṣayr Ἁmra Contextualized -- 10. Umayyad Self-Representation -- Epilogue -- Appendix. The Value of Arabic Literary Sources -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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, h'as 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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911138753203321

Titolo

Boston Institute of Finance mutual fund advisor course : series 6 and series 63 test preparation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2005

ISBN

9786610276769

9781280276767

1280276762

9780471732211

0471732214

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Disciplina

332.63/27/076

Soggetti

Mutual funds

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Investment securities -- Securities markets -- Open-end investment companies -- Regulation of investment companies -- Variable annuities and retirement plans -- NASD rules and regulations -- Federal and state regulations.

Sommario/riassunto

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