Art & Architecture
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Jemen: Weihrauchstrasse und Wuestenstädte [Hardback]
Joachim Willeitner (Author)
$72.00ISBN: 9783777482309
Published by : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Illustrated volume picturing Jemen from Antiquity, when the states were flourishing because of incense trade with the Mediterranean cultures, to the Islamic times, in which architectural monuments were erected as in Wadi Hadramaut. .... Learn More -
Mamluk Art: The Splendour and MAgic of the Sultans [Paperback]
Eva Schubert (Author)
$24.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9781874044376
Published by : Art Books International
This thematic travel guide explores the intellectual, scientific and cultural heritage seen in Mamluk architecture and decorative arts through eight suggested travel itineraries. Seven of these are one-day trips, one being two-days, around Cair... .... Learn More -
Ifriqiya: Thirteen Centuries of Art and Architecture in Tunisia [Paperback]
Eva Schubert (Author)
Regular Price: $24.95
Special Price: $7.98
ISBN: 9781874044444
Published by : Art Books International
This volume contains eleven itineraries which take 1-2 days exploring the history of the Islamic art and architecture of the Maghreb. A thematic travel guide, it includes introductory essays and historical overviews before details of the itiner... .... Learn More -
Museo Stibbert Firenze n. 4: Turcherie [Paperback]
$24.00ISBN: 9788883043574
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
«Museo Stibbert Firenze» è una pubblicazione periodica del Museo Stibbert onlus , diretta da Beppe Manzotti e Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti. Contenuto di questo numero: Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti Presentazione / Introduction Franco Cardini Tos... .... Learn More -
Fustat Glass of the Early Islamic Period [Paperback]
George T Scanlon (Author); Ralph Pinder-Wilson (Author)
Regular Price: $50.00
Special Price: $14.98
ISBN: 9781901435078
Published by : Fox/Melisende
The glass finds are from the nine seasons of archaeological excavations carried out under the direction of Professor GT Scanlon at Fustat in south Cairo between 1964 and 1980. These were recovered under stratified conditions thus supplying dati... .... Learn More -
The Great Mosque of Damascus: Studies in the Makings of an Umayyad Visual Culture [Hardback]
Finbarr Barry Flood (Author)
$231.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9789004116382
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
A detailed and well-illustrated study of the history, architecture and symbolism of the early 8th-century mosque. The heavily annotated text includes analyses of the mosque's mosaic, interior decoration, clock and colonnade and broader discussi... .... Learn More -
Studies in Medieval Islamic Architecture: Volume I [Hardback]
Robert Hillenbrand (Author)
$300.00ISBN: 9781899828142
Published by : Pindar Press
This is the first of two volumes to consider in detail the architecture of Islam, from Spain to India, from the 7th century to the present day. Hillenbrand's particular interests are Iranian buildings from the Saljuq period (11th to 12th centuries... .... Learn More -
Historic Mosques and Shrines of Oman [Paperback]
P. M. Costa (Author)
$90.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9781841712307
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR
Volume: 938
An extensive survey of the architecture and decorative features of mosques and other religious buildings in Oman which, Costa argues, contains buildings unlike those found elsewhere in Islamic Arabia. Individual mosques are described in detail, ac... .... Learn More -
The Living Stones of Cairo [Paperback]
Jaroslaw Dobrowolski (Author)
Regular Price: $29.50
Special Price: $9.98
ISBN: 9789774246326
Published by : American Univ. in Cairo Press
This work presents a series of pen and ink sketches of historic Cairene architecture, made by a single artist over a period of ten years. The accompanying text presents the monuments as part of a larger cultural, social and historical continuum... .... Learn More -
In the Lands of the Enchanted Moorish Maiden: Islamic Art in Portugal [Paperback]
Eva Schubert (Author); Claudio Figueiredo Torres (Author)
Regular Price: $29.50
Special Price: $9.98
ISBN: 9781874044369
Published by : Art Books International
This thematic travel guide contains ten itineraries for exploring Islamic Portugal, each taking a different geographical area and lasting 1-2 days. It is an `exhibition' not of artefacts, but of landscapes, sites and monuments across central a... .... Learn More