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The Production of Meaning in Islamic Architecture and Ornament
Collects Yasser Tabbaa’s writings on transformations in Islamic architecture and ornament in relation to parallel theological and political changesDiscusses monuments in Syria and Iraq, many of which have vanished without being properly studiedExplores innovations in medieval Islamic architecture within the shifting political and theological landscapeReaffirms the centrality of the Abbasid Caliphate in these innovations and their dispersion throughout the Islamic worldExpands on the role of poetry in the transmission of garden and fountain types from the eastern to the western Islamic worldInvestigates the unprecedented expansion of Shi’i shrines in Syria, largely due to Iranian patronageThis volume collects Yasser Tabbaa’s investigative and interpretive articles on medieval Islamic architecture, ornament and gardens in Syria and Iraq, with comparative expansions into Anatolia, Egypt, North Africa and Spain. Tabbaa examines the monuments, many of which have vanished in recent years, within the context of the political divisions and theological ruptures that characterised the Islamic world between the 11th and 13th centuries. The writings cover significant forms such as muqarnas vaulting, proportioned Qur’anic scripts and cursive public inscriptions, and monument types such as the madrasa, the hospital, the tribunal (dar al-‘adl) and the citadel palace. Collectively, they present medieval Islamic architecture as a transformative process that echoes Abbasid glory and signals future developments in later Islamic architecture
The Production of Meaning in Islamic Architecture and Ornament
Collects Yasser Tabbaa’s writings on transformations in Islamic architecture and ornament in relation to parallel theological and political changesDiscusses monuments in Syria and Iraq, many of which have vanished without being properly studiedExplores innovations in medieval Islamic architecture within the shifting political and theological landscapeReaffirms the centrality of the Abbasid Caliphate in these innovations and their dispersion throughout the Islamic worldExpands on the role of poetry in the transmission of garden and fountain types from the eastern to the western Islamic worldInvestigates the unprecedented expansion of Shi’i shrines in Syria, largely due to Iranian patronageThis volume collects Yasser Tabbaa’s investigative and interpretive articles on medieval Islamic architecture, ornament and gardens in Syria and Iraq, with comparative expansions into Anatolia, Egypt, North Africa and Spain. Tabbaa examines the monuments, many of which have vanished in recent years, within the context of the political divisions and theological ruptures that characterised the Islamic world between the 11th and 13th centuries. The writings cover significant forms such as muqarnas vaulting, proportioned Qur’anic scripts and cursive public inscriptions, and monument types such as the madrasa, the hospital, the tribunal (dar al-‘adl) and the citadel palace. Collectively, they present medieval Islamic architecture as a transformative process that echoes Abbasid glory and signals future developments in later Islamic architecture
The Production of Meaning in Islamic Architecture and Ornament
Tabbaa, Yasser (author)
2022
1 Online-Ressource (536 p.)
200 B/W illustrations; 200 colour illustrations
Book
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
720.917671
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