Islamic architecture : form, function and meaning / / Robert Hillenbrand

• Autore: Hillenbrand Robert
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2000; ©1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvi, 664 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 720.917671
• Soggetto topico: Islamic architecture
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Preface to the paperback edition -- List of colour plates -- List of captions for black and white plates -- List of captions for line drawings -- I The Scope of the Enquiry: Problems and Approaches -- II The Mosque -- III The Minaret -- IV The Madrasa -- V The Mausoleum -- VI The Caravansarai -- VII The Palace -- Composite catalogue of line drawings -- Glossary of Islamic terms -- Select bibliography -- Sources of line drawings accompanying the text -- Sources of line drawings at the back of the book -- Textual references to colour plates -- Index of individual monuments -- Index of terms in foreign (principally Islamic) languages -- Index of proper names -- Subject index -- List of cross-references for black and white plates -- List of cross-references for line drawings
• Sommario/riassunto: Winner of the American Publishers Association's Award for an outstanding Professional and Scholarly title and the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 1996 from the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain.In a dazzling display of erudition, Robert Hillenbrand surveys the major building-types of the Islamic World: religious architecture (the mosque, the minaret, the madrasa), the mausoleum 'between Heaven and Earth', and the caravansarai and the palace representing the secular side.All the building-types are discussed in art-historical terms, with the interplay of form and function taken as the underlying theme of the analysis. All are comprehensively illustrated with a full range of colour and black-and-white photographs, analytical drawings, thumbnail comparative assemblies and ground plans.This major reference work, covering from Spain to Afghanistan and c. 700 to c. 1700, is a source of fascination for all seeking to appreciate the rich heritage of the Islamic World. Recurrent themes and patterns take on a wider significance - a persistent reminder that the Islamic faith and the particular type of society which it engendered makes light of vast gulfs of time and space.Key Features24 colour plates300 black-and-white photographs1246 line drawingsSection of composite drawings and ground plansAvailable in Hardback (originally published in 1994) and a revised paperback edition published in 2000.This new paperback edition includes a previously unpublished index, designed to make the book more user-friendly.
• Titolo autorizzato: Islamic Architecture
• ISBN: 1-4744-6915-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910794184103321
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