Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 390 pages) : illustrations, map. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
The transformation of the classical heritage ; 36
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Transformation of the classical heritage ; 36.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-374) and index. |
Contents |
Musil's Fairy-Tale Castle -- Luxuries of the Bath -- The Hunt -- "O God, Bless the Amír" -- The Princely Patron -- Maintaining the Dynasty -- The Six Kings -- A Captive Sasanian Princess -- Qusayr 'Amra Contextualized -- Umayyad Self-Representation. |
Summary |
The remarkable frescoes of Quṛayr ʻAmra were probably painted in the middle of the 8th century for a Muslim Arab prince. However many problems remain with regard to the date, the patron & even the meaning of the often erotic scenes. Garth Fowden explores this treasure from the Syrian Desert. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Qusayr ʻAmrah (Jordan : Dwelling)
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Qusayr ʻAmrah (Jordan : Dwelling) |
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Qusayr 'Amrah (Jordan : Dwelling) |
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Mural painting and decoration, Umayyad -- Jordan -- Foreign influences.
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Mural painting and decoration, Umayyad. |
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Jordan. |
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Arabic poetry -- 622-750 -- History and criticism.
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Arabic poetry. |
Chronological Term |
622-750 |
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622 - 750 |
Indexed Term |
Humaniora Kunst. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Added Title |
Art and the Umayyad elite in late antique Syria |
Other Form: |
Print version: Fowden, Garth. Quṛayr ʻAmra. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2004 0520236653 (DLC) 2003050133 (OCoLC)52107391 |
ISBN |
9780520929609 (electronic book) |
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0520929608 (electronic book) |
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9780520236653 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520236653 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1597348449 |
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9781597348447 |
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0520236653 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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