Studies in Arab Architecture

Bernard O'Kane

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2021

Studies in Arab Architecture

Bernard O'Kane

In the series Collected Papers in Islamic Art

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474474900

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About this book

Curates a selection of key articles by Bernard O’Kane that combine analyses of monuments in the Arab world with overviews of the central elements of Iranian architecture

Covers the key elements of architecture in countries from Morocco to India
Includes subjects ranging from decoration to plan types
Situates the monuments within their social and political contexts
Includes over 200 photographs, many published in colour for the first time

This lavishly illustrated volume – with many images previously unpublished in colour – collects 18 articles by Bernard O’Kane on a wide variety of topics in Arab architecture. The essays range from from Morocco to India, and from the earliest periods of Islam to the present day. He concentrates on monuments in Egypt and Syria, analysing topics such as the borrowings between domestic and religious architecture, studies of individual buildings and mutual influences between Iran and Egypt.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
CHAPTER ONE. Mughal Tilework: Derivative or Original? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER TWO. Architecture and Court Cultures of the Fourteenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
CHAPTER THREE. The Mausoleum of Yayha al-Shabih Revisited (with Bahia Shehab) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
CHAPTER FOUR. The Mosques of Egypt: An Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
CHAPTER FIVE. Residential Architecture of the Darb Zubayda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
CHAPTER SIX. The Design of Cairo’s Masonry Domes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
CHAPTER SEVEN. James Wild and the Mosque of Bashtak, Cairo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
CHAPTER EIGHT. The Great Mosque of Hama Redux Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
CHAPTER NINE. Ayyubid Architecture in Cairo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
CHAPTER 10. The Nine-bay Plan in Islamic Architecture: Its Origin, Development and Meaning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Arboreal Aesthetic: Landscape, Painting and Architecture from Mongol Iran to Mamluk Egypt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	346
CHAPTER TWELVE. Domestic and Religious Architecture in Cairo: Mutual Influences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Ziyāda of the Mosque of al-Ḥākim and the Development of the Ziyāda in Islamic Architecture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	408
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Mosque Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	434
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Monumentality in Mamluk and Mongol Art and Architecture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	441
CHAPTER SIXTEEN. The Madrasa of Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī and its Tiled Miḥrāb (with Laila Ibrahim) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	470
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Rise of the Minaret Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	493
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Review of Michael Hamilton Burgoyne and Donald Richards, Mamluk Jerusalem: An Architectural Study Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	515
CHAPTER NINETEEN. Widening the Horizons for the Study of Islamic Architecture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	520
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	532

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 560
Illustrations
- Other: 2 B/W illustrations; 267 colour illustrations
Keywords: Islamic Studies

eBook

Published: April 5, 2022
ISBN: 9781474474900