| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Publications on the Near East
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Publications on the Near East, University of Washington.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. The Sunni Revival -- 2. The Transformation of Qur'anic Writing -- 3. The Public Text -- 4. The Girih Mode: Vegetal and Geometric Arabesque -- 5. Muqarnas Vaulting and Ash'ari Occasionalism -- 6. Stone Muqarnas and Other Special Devices -- 7. The Mediation of Symbolic Forms. |
| Summary |
"The transformation of Islamic architecture and ornament during the eleventh and twelfth centuries signaled profound cultural changes in the Islamic world. Yasser Tabbaa explores with exemplary lucidity the geometric techniques that facilitated this transformation, and investigates the cultural processes by which meaning was produced within the new forms. Iran, Iraq, and Syria saw the development of proportional calligraphy, vegetal and geometric arabesque, muqarnas (stalactite) vaulting, and other devices that became defining features of medieval Islamic architecture. |
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Ultimately, the forms and themes described in this book shaped the development of Mamluk architecture in Egypt and Syria, and by extension, the entire course of North African and Andalusian architecture as well."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Middle East.
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Decoration and ornament, Architectural. |
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Middle East. |
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Islamic architecture -- Middle East.
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Islamic architecture. |
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Architecture, Medieval -- Middle East.
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Architecture, Medieval. |
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Islamic decoration and ornament -- Middle East.
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Islamic decoration and ornament. |
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Decoration and ornament, Medieval -- Middle East.
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Decoration and ornament, Medieval. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tabbaa, Yasser, 1948- Transformation of Islamic art during the Sunni revival 0295981253 (DLC) 2001027014 (OCoLC)45827984 |
| ISBN |
9780295803937 (electronic book) |
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0295803932 (electronic book) |
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0295981253 |
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9780295981253 |
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0295981334 |
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9780295981338 |
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