Islamic Architecture: Form, Function and MeaningEdinburgh University Press, 1994 - 645 páginas 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. Key Features
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 This new paperback edition includes a previously unpublished index, designed to make the book more user-friendly. |
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... vaulting is sure , economical , effi- cient ; the stonework has a knife - like precision . The vast vaulted stables again recall some 11 Gothic cathedral ( e.g. Sultan Han between 6.39 Konya and Aksaray , begun 626 / 1228–9 ) . Often ...
... vaulted niches open off the gallery surrounding the courtyard : each niche can accommodate two people in comfort ( Qal'at al - Mudiq ) . The unchallenged 6101 ... vaulted area at one side . In this vaulted 352 ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE.
... vaulted chambers . The core of the structure is an S- shaped corridor variously vaulted along its length ; this gives access to a couple of vaulted rooms and a lavishly appointed mosque . Here too a staircase leads up to the terrace ...
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Problems and Approaches | 1 |
The Mosque | 31 |
The Minaret | 129 |
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