Islamic Architecture: Form, Function, and Meaning - Couverture souple

Hillenbrand, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0231101333 ISBN 13 : 9780231101332

Editeur : Columbia University Press, 1994

Synopsis

This beautifully conceived and produced survey of Islamic architecture explores the glorious world of the caravansarai, mausoleum, palace, and mosque. Focusing on the multifaceted relation of architecture to society, Robert Hillenbrand covers public architecture in the Middle East and North Africa from the medieval period to 1700. Extensive photographs and ground plans-- among which are hundreds of newly executed three-dimensional drawings that provide an accurate and vivid depiction of the structure--are presented with an emphasis on the way the specific details of the building fulfilled their function.

Included are chapters on religious and secular architecture and the architecture of tombs. Each building is discussed in terms of function, the links between particular forms and specific uses, the role of special types of buildings in the Islamic order, and the expressions of different sociocultural groups in architectural terms. Here the student or historian of Islamic architecture will find an astonishing resource, including Maghribi palaces, Anatolian madrasas, Indian minarets, Fatimid mausolea, and Safavid mosques, each rendered in lavish illustrations and explained with incomparable precision.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Robert Hillenbrand is professor of Islamic art at the University of Edinburgh.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0231101333
• ISBN 13: 9780231101332
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 670
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible