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Author Fowden, Garth.

Title Quṛayr ʻAmra : art and the Umayyad elite in late antique Syria / Garth Fowden.

Publication Info. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxix, 390 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The transformation of the classical heritage ; 36
Transformation of the classical heritage ; 36.
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.
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Subject Qusayr ʻAmrah (Jordan : Dwelling)
Qusayr ʻAmrah (Jordan : Dwelling)
Qusayr 'Amrah (Jordan : Dwelling)
Mural painting and decoration, Umayyad -- Jordan -- Foreign influences.
Mural painting and decoration, Umayyad.
Jordan.
Arabic poetry -- 622-750 -- History and criticism.
Arabic poetry.
Chronological Term 622-750
622 - 750
Indexed Term Humaniora Kunst.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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)
0520929608 (electronic book)
9780520236653 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0520236653 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1597348449
9781597348447
0520236653 (cloth ; alkaline paper)