Book

The environment and ecology in Islamic art and culture

Dalal, Radha, editor, Roberts, Sean E., editor, Sokoly, Jochen A. (Jochen Artur), editor

2023

Overview

The Islamic world finds itself increasingly at the epicentre of our escalating climate emergency, both as a locus of the petrochemical industry and as home to extraordinary landscapes in which the effects of environmental transformation are acutely felt. Yet, far from a solely 21st-century concern, engagement with changing, and often extreme, natural conditions has long characterized Islamic art and architecture in the central Islamic lands and beyond into the Muslim diaspora. This book brings together a diverse group of scholars and critics whose contributions address this profound ecological awareness through the dual lenses of Islamic culture and climate change. Their case studies range from the Gulf, Iraq, Syria, the Indian Subcontinent, North Africa, and even outer space.

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Subject: Islamic art Environmental aspects. / Islamic architecture Environmental aspects. / Climatic changes Middle East. / Art and Design.
• ISBN: 9780300267495

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
N6260 .E585 2023	1	BOOK	ARTS