The transformation of Islamic art during the Sunni revival /

The transformation of Islamic art during the Sunni revival /

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Main Author: Tabbaa, Yasser, 1948- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Series: Publications on the Near East.

Subjects:

Decoration and ornament, Architectural > Middle East.
Islamic architecture > Middle East.
Architecture, Medieval > Middle East.
Islamic decoration and ornament > Middle East.

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Call Number: NA3573 .T33 2001

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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction
  • The Sunni Retkval
  • The Transforration of
  • Qur'anic Writing
  • The Public Text
  • The Girih Mode: Vegetal and
  • Geometric Arabesque
  • Muqarnas Vaulting and
  • Ash'ar Occasionalism
  • Stone Muqarnas and
  • Other Special Devices
  • The Mediation of
  • Symbolic Forms
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Index.