Description: Further DetailsTitle: Islamic ArchitectureCondition: NewEAN: 9780748613793ISBN: 9780748613793Publisher: Edinburgh University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/05/2000Item Height: 246mmItem Length: 189mmItem Weight: 1845gAuthor: Robert HillenbrandLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Form, Function and MeaningDescription: Winner of the American Publishers Association's Award for an outstanding Professional and Scholarly title and the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 1996 from the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. In a dazzling display of erudition, Robert Hillenbrand surveys the major building-types of the Islamic World: religious architecture (the mosque, the minaret, the madrasa), the mausoleum 'between Heaven and Earth', and the caravansarai and the palace representing the secular side. All the building-types are discussed in art-historical terms, with the interplay of form and function taken as the underlying theme of the analysis. All are comprehensively illustrated with a full range of colour and black-and-white photographs, analytical drawings, thumbnail comparative assemblies and ground plans. This major reference work, covering from Spain to Afghanistan and c. 700 to c. 1700, is a source of fascination for all seeking to appreciate the rich heritage of the Islamic World.Recurrent themes and patterns take on a wider significance - a persistent reminder that the Islamic faith and the particular type of society which it engendered makes light of vast gulfs of time and space. Features: *24 colour plates *300 black-and-white photographs *1246 line drawings *Section of composite drawings and ground plans Available in Hardback (originally published in 1994) and a revised paperback edition published in 2000. This new paperback edition includes a previously unpublished index, designed to make the book more user-friendly.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Arts & PhotographyTopic: History, Society & Culture, Social Sciences, Architecture & AntiquesRelease Year: 2000 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Islamic Architecture
Title: Islamic Architecture
EAN: 9780748613793
ISBN: 9780748613793
Release Date: 10/05/2000
Release Year: 2000
Item Height: 246mm
Subtitle: Form, Function and Meaning
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Arts & Photography
Topic: Architecture & Antiques
Number of Pages: 656 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Islamic Architecture : Form, Function and Meaning
Publisher: Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press
Publication Year: 2000
Subject: Buildings / Religious
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 65.3 Oz
Author: Robert Hillenbrand
Item Length: 9.7 in
Subject Area: Architecture
Item Width: 7.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback
