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The transformation of Islamic art during the Sunni revival
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Eastern medieval architecture : the building traditions of Byzantium and neighboring lands
The rich and diverse architectural traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and adjacent regions are the subject of this book, including the social and cultural developments of the Byzantine Empire, the Caucasus, the Balkans, and Russia, as well as parallel developments in Crusader and early Islamic architecture.
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Synagogues in the Islamic World
This beautifully illustrated volume looks at the spaces created by and for Jews in areas under the political or religious control of Muslims in regions such as Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Spain.
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A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture
This Dictionary gives a comprehensive survey of the whole range of ancient Near Eastern architecture from the Neolithic round huts in Palestine to the giant temples of Ptolemaic Egypt. Gwendolyn Leick examines the development of the principal styles of ancient architecture within their geographical and historical context, and describes features of major sites such as Ur, Nineveh and Babylon, as well as many of the lesser-known sites. She also covers the variations of typical ancient architectural structures such as pyramids, tombs and houses, details the building material and techniques employed, and clarifies specialist terminology.
Gwendolyn Leick is affiliated with the University College, Cardiff and the University of Reading.
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Temples and Sanctuaries from the Early Iron Age Levant
The vision for this impressive work on temple architecture in
the Levant grew out of the author's work on Roman temple designs on
the Iberian Peninsula and continual references to Semitic
influences on the designs of sanctuaries both on the Peninsula and
in North Africa. It was assumed that Phoenician colonization had
brought with it the full flowering of Levantine architectural
forms. As Mierse began to search for relevant material on the
ancient Levant, however, he discovered that no overall synthesis
had ever been written, and it was virtually impossible to recognize
and isolate Semitic elements in architectural forms. This book
addresses this need.
The analysis presented here is comparative and follows the
methodology most commonly employed by architectural historians
throughout the twentieth century. It is a formalist approach and
permits the isolation of lines of continuity and the detection of
discontinuity. While Mierse relies heavily on this traditional
method, he also introduces some approaches from the postprocessual
school of archaeology in its attempts to discern an appropriate way
for cult to be investigated by archaeology.
The sanctuaries that this book presents were erected between the
end of the Late Bronze Age (conventionally assigned the date of
1200 B.C.E.) and the annexation of the Levantine region into the
Assyrian Empire (when Mesopotamia again became highly influential
in the region). The topic concerns temples that were produced
during the period when the Levant was its own entity and
politically independent of Egypt, Mesopotamia, or Anatolia. During
this period, the designs chosen for inclusion in this book must
reflect local choices rather than resulting from imposed outside
concepts.
The architecture that emerged in the wake of the downfall of the
Late Bronze Age and the subsequent reemergence of social
cohesiveness manifested significant changes in form and function.
The five centuries under review reveal exciting developments in
sacred architecture and show that, although the architects of the
first millennium B.C.E. maintained important lines of continuity
with the developments of the previous two millennia, they were also
capable of creating novel forms to meet new needs.
Included in this fascinating volume are 90 pages of photos,
drawings, floor plans, and maps.
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Architecture in context : designing in the Middle East
Architecture in Context: Designing in the Middle East provides a foundation for understanding the critical context of architecture and design in this region. It does this by: presenting a practical overview of architectural know-how in the Middle East, and its potential for cultivating a sense of place introducing local architectural vocabularies and styles, and how they can still be reactivated in contemporary design exploring the cultural and contextual meaning of forms as references that may influence contemporary architecture discussing important discourses and trends in architecture that allow a rethinking of the current global/local dichotomy. Highly illustrated, the book covers architecture and design in North Africa, the Levant, the Gulf, and Turkey, Iran and Iraq. -- Publisher's website.
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