03597nam 22007094a 450 991045007900332120210618024527.01-282-35702-697866123570220-520-92960-81-59734-844-910.1525/9780520929609(CKB)1000000000030708(EBL)227319(OCoLC)475933751(SSID)ssj0000231826(PQKBManifestationID)11947266(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000231826(PQKBWorkID)10207268(PQKB)10308355(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055817(MiAaPQ)EBC227319(OCoLC)57516692(MdBmJHUP)muse30672(DE-B1597)520969(DE-B1597)9780520929609(Au-PeEL)EBL227319(CaPaEBR)ebr10074090(CaONFJC)MIL235702(EXLCZ)99100000000003070820030402d2004 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrQuṣayr ʻAmra[electronic resource] art and the Umayyad elite in late antique Syria /Garth FowdenBerkeley, Calif. University of California Pressc20041 online resource (423 p.)The transformation of the classical heritage ;36Description based upon print version of record.0-520-29850-0 0-520-23665-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-374) and index.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 --IndexFrom 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.Transformation of the classical heritage ;36.Art and the Umayyad elite in late antique SyriaMural painting and decoration, UmayyadJordanForeign influencesArabic poetry622-750History and criticismElectronic books.Mural painting and decoration, UmayyadForeign influences.Arabic poetryHistory and criticism.751.7/3/0956959Fowden Garth442889MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450079003321Qusayr 'Amra1689543UNINA