Sacred precincts : the religious architecture of non-Muslim communities across the Islamic world /
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This book examines non-Muslim religious sites, structures and spaces in the Islamic world. It reveals a vibrant portrait of life in the religious sites by illustrating how architecture responds to contextual issues and traditions. Sacred Precincts explores urban context; issues of identity; design; construction; transformation and the history of sacred sites and architecture in Europe, the Middle East and Africa from the advent of Islam to the 20th century. It includes case studies on churches and synagogues in Iran, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Tunisia, Morocco and Malta, and on sacred sites in Nigeria, Mali, and the Gambia. With contributions by Clara Alvarez, Angela Andersen, Karen Britt, Karla Britton, Jorge Manuel Simão Alves Correia, Elvan Cobb, Daniel Coslett, Mohammad Gharipour, Mattia Guidetti, Suna Güven, Esther Kühn, Amy Landau, Ayla Lepine, Theo Maarten van Lint, David Mallia, Erin Maglaque, Susan Miller, A.A. Muhammad-Oumar, Meltem Özkan Altınöz, Jennifer Pruitt, Rafael Sedighpour, Ann Shafer, Jorge Manuel Simão Alves Correia, Ebru Özeke Tökmeci, Steven Thomson, Heghnar Watenpaugh, Alyson Wharton and Ethel S. Wolper.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004280229 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Muqarnas.
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Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World is sponsored by the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The articles in Muqarnas 27 address topics such as spolia in medieval Islamic architecture, Islamic coinage in the seventh century, the architecture of the Alhambra from an environmental perspective, and Ottoman-Mamluk gift exchange in the fifteenth century. The volume also features a new section, entitled "Notes and Sources", with pieces highlighting primary sources such as Akbar's Kathāsaritsāgara . Contributors include Ebba Koch, Elizabeth Lambourn, Elias Muhanna, Rina Avner, Kathryn Moore, Alicia Walker, Todd Willmert, Julia Gonnella, Zeynep Ertuğ, Jere Bacharach, Persis Berlekamp, Heike Franke, Vincenza Garofalo, and Fabrizio Agnello.
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1 online resource. :
9789004191105 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Le Projet pilote de restauration et réhabilitation du Palais Dar Adiyel à Fès : un exemple remarquable de coopération internationale tripartite /
: At head of title : Royaume du Maroc ; Republique italian ; Unesco. : 158 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm. : Bibliography : page 34. : 8882630161
Rivers of paradise : water in Islamic art and culture /
: "The following essays are the written record of the second biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture, held at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of the Arts in Doha, Qatar (VCUQatar), from 4 to 6 November 2007" --Introduction. : [ix], 364 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), plans ; 30 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-355) and index. : 9780300158991
Conservation as cultural survival : proceedings of seminar two in the series Architectural transformations in the Islamic world, held in Istanbul, Turkey, September 26-28, 1978.
: At head of title : The Aga khan award for architecture. : xiii, 115 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. : Includes bibliographic references.
L'Habitat traditionnel dans les pays musulmans autour de la Méditerranée : rencontre d'Aix-en-Provence, 6-8 juin 1984 /
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"En vente sous la référence IF 677 ... Paris, au Département des ventes de l'Imprimerie nationale" --Colophon.
Papers presented at the Rencontre sur l'habitat traditionnel dans les pays musulmans autour de la Méditerranée. :
3 volumes : illustrations ; 33 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
2724700600 (set)
2724700619 (volume 1)