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The african city : a history
The african city : a history
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This unique book is comprehensive both in terms of time coverage, from before the Pharaohs to the present moment and in that it tries to consider cities from the entire continent, not just Sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from factual information and rich description material culled from many sources, it looks at many issues from why urban life emerged in the first place to how(...)
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This unique book is comprehensive both in terms of time coverage, from before the Pharaohs to the present moment and in that it tries to consider cities from the entire continent, not just Sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from factual information and rich description material culled from many sources, it looks at many issues from why urban life emerged in the first place to how(...)
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The african city : a history
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This unique book is comprehensive both in terms of time coverage, from before the Pharaohs to the present moment and in that it tries to consider cities from the entire continent, not just Sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from factual information and rich description material culled from many sources, it looks at many issues from why urban life emerged in the first place to how present-day African cities cope in difficult times. Instead of seeing towns and cities as somehow extraneous to the real Africa, it views them as an inherent part of developing Africa, indigenous, colonial, and post-colonial and emphasizes the extent to which the future of African society and African culture will likely be played out mostly in cities. The book is written to appeal to students of history but equally to geographers, planners, sociologists and development specialists interested in urban problems.
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This unique book is comprehensive both in terms of time coverage, from before the Pharaohs to the present moment and in that it tries to consider cities from the entire continent, not just Sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from factual information and rich description material culled from many sources, it looks at many issues from why urban life emerged in the first place to how present-day African cities cope in difficult times. Instead of seeing towns and cities as somehow extraneous to the real Africa, it views them as an inherent part of developing Africa, indigenous, colonial, and post-colonial and emphasizes the extent to which the future of African society and African culture will likely be played out mostly in cities. The book is written to appeal to students of history but equally to geographers, planners, sociologists and development specialists interested in urban problems.
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November 2006, New York
November 2006, New York
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''Checkpoint 300'', the highly securitized border facility between occupied Bethlehem and Jerusalem, is a central feature of Israeli control of Palestinian land and life. An apparatus of turnstiles, overcrowded corridors, and invasive inspections, the checkpoint regulates the movement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, granting access to some while excluding most.(...)
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''Checkpoint 300'', the highly securitized border facility between occupied Bethlehem and Jerusalem, is a central feature of Israeli control of Palestinian land and life. An apparatus of turnstiles, overcrowded corridors, and invasive inspections, the checkpoint regulates the movement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, granting access to some while excluding most.(...)
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Checkpoint 3000: Colonial space in Palestine
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''Checkpoint 300'', the highly securitized border facility between occupied Bethlehem and Jerusalem, is a central feature of Israeli control of Palestinian land and life. An apparatus of turnstiles, overcrowded corridors, and invasive inspections, the checkpoint regulates the movement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, granting access to some while excluding most. Offering a nuanced exploration of space, Mark Griffiths reveals ''Checkpoint 300'' as a stark symbol of Israeli colonialism that embodies larger systems of control and violence. Drawing on nearly a decade of fieldwork, Griffiths examines how colonial power infiltrates family dynamics, enforces gendered mobility restrictions, shapes local economies, and extends into the global exchange of capital and security technologies. He also underscores how Palestinians endure and resist under oppressive conditions and how indigenous forms of life and living are sustained, illuminating how colonial space is contested and countered, unmade and remade.
Checkpoint 3000: Colonial space in Palestine
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''Checkpoint 300'', the highly securitized border facility between occupied Bethlehem and Jerusalem, is a central feature of Israeli control of Palestinian land and life. An apparatus of turnstiles, overcrowded corridors, and invasive inspections, the checkpoint regulates the movement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, granting access to some while excluding most. Offering a nuanced exploration of space, Mark Griffiths reveals ''Checkpoint 300'' as a stark symbol of Israeli colonialism that embodies larger systems of control and violence. Drawing on nearly a decade of fieldwork, Griffiths examines how colonial power infiltrates family dynamics, enforces gendered mobility restrictions, shapes local economies, and extends into the global exchange of capital and security technologies. He also underscores how Palestinians endure and resist under oppressive conditions and how indigenous forms of life and living are sustained, illuminating how colonial space is contested and countered, unmade and remade.
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August 2025
August 2025
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Arch Middle East
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Himalayan vernacular
Himalayan vernacular
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For ten years, Austrian architect Carl Pruscha was stationed in Shangri-la, or as close as you can get to it. The UNESCO consultant for regional planning in Nepal from 1964 to 1974, he presided over the opening of Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet to the rest of the world, and in this passionate Pruscha manifesto, illustrated with his own photographs, argues for preservation of(...)
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For ten years, Austrian architect Carl Pruscha was stationed in Shangri-la, or as close as you can get to it. The UNESCO consultant for regional planning in Nepal from 1964 to 1974, he presided over the opening of Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet to the rest of the world, and in this passionate Pruscha manifesto, illustrated with his own photographs, argues for preservation of(...)
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Himalayan vernacular
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For ten years, Austrian architect Carl Pruscha was stationed in Shangri-la, or as close as you can get to it. The UNESCO consultant for regional planning in Nepal from 1964 to 1974, he presided over the opening of Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet to the rest of the world, and in this passionate Pruscha manifesto, illustrated with his own photographs, argues for preservation of vernacular architecture.
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For ten years, Austrian architect Carl Pruscha was stationed in Shangri-la, or as close as you can get to it. The UNESCO consultant for regional planning in Nepal from 1964 to 1974, he presided over the opening of Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet to the rest of the world, and in this passionate Pruscha manifesto, illustrated with his own photographs, argues for preservation of vernacular architecture.
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January 1900, Wien
January 1900, Wien
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Arch Middle East
Arch Middle East
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Orientalisme
Orientalisme
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L'orientalisme, dont le voyage est l'atelier, se définit d'abord par l'exploration de territoires inscrits, pour l'essentiel, dans les limites de l'Empire ottoman. De Delacroix à Paul Klee, en privilégiant l'expression française, cet ouvrage retrace les étapes d'un mouvement artistique multiforme dont on reconnaît de plus en plus l'importance. "Le monde est moins réel que(...)
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L'orientalisme, dont le voyage est l'atelier, se définit d'abord par l'exploration de territoires inscrits, pour l'essentiel, dans les limites de l'Empire ottoman. De Delacroix à Paul Klee, en privilégiant l'expression française, cet ouvrage retrace les étapes d'un mouvement artistique multiforme dont on reconnaît de plus en plus l'importance. "Le monde est moins réel que(...)
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Orientalisme
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L'orientalisme, dont le voyage est l'atelier, se définit d'abord par l'exploration de territoires inscrits, pour l'essentiel, dans les limites de l'Empire ottoman. De Delacroix à Paul Klee, en privilégiant l'expression française, cet ouvrage retrace les étapes d'un mouvement artistique multiforme dont on reconnaît de plus en plus l'importance. "Le monde est moins réel que ce qui active notre vie intérieure", écrit dans La Voie cruelle Ella Maillart, l'une des grandes voyageuses du XXe siècle. Cette rencontre entre l'intime et l'étranger, entre l'autre et le même, définit la pratique itinérante et s'applique aussi à l'orientalisme. Loin d'être seulement le fruit d'une lecture de cartes ou des fluctuations de tendances, ces œuvres sont au croisement de territoires objectifs et d'imaginaires sculptés par un milieu. Les confrontations entre l'ici et l'ailleurs suscitent, au travers de filtres culturels, des regards propres aux artistes d'Occident, qui sollicitent aujourd'hui nos interprétations.
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L'orientalisme, dont le voyage est l'atelier, se définit d'abord par l'exploration de territoires inscrits, pour l'essentiel, dans les limites de l'Empire ottoman. De Delacroix à Paul Klee, en privilégiant l'expression française, cet ouvrage retrace les étapes d'un mouvement artistique multiforme dont on reconnaît de plus en plus l'importance. "Le monde est moins réel que ce qui active notre vie intérieure", écrit dans La Voie cruelle Ella Maillart, l'une des grandes voyageuses du XXe siècle. Cette rencontre entre l'intime et l'étranger, entre l'autre et le même, définit la pratique itinérante et s'applique aussi à l'orientalisme. Loin d'être seulement le fruit d'une lecture de cartes ou des fluctuations de tendances, ces œuvres sont au croisement de territoires objectifs et d'imaginaires sculptés par un milieu. Les confrontations entre l'ici et l'ailleurs suscitent, au travers de filtres culturels, des regards propres aux artistes d'Occident, qui sollicitent aujourd'hui nos interprétations.
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January 2005, Paris
January 2005, Paris
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Arch Middle East
Arch Middle East
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For more than a thousand years, the burial site known as the Wu Family Shrines in the Shandong province of northeastern China has served as a benchmark for the study of the Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE) - a defining period in Chinese history. This book presents scolarships that prompts significant reexamination of the site's long-accepted implications, including its(...)
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For more than a thousand years, the burial site known as the Wu Family Shrines in the Shandong province of northeastern China has served as a benchmark for the study of the Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE) - a defining period in Chinese history. This book presents scolarships that prompts significant reexamination of the site's long-accepted implications, including its(...)
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Arch Middle East
Arch Middle East
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May 2005, New Haven, New York
May 2005, New Haven, New York
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Recarving China's past : art, archeology, and architecture of the
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For more than a thousand years, the burial site known as the Wu Family Shrines in the Shandong province of northeastern China has served as a benchmark for the study of the Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE) - a defining period in Chinese history. This book presents scolarships that prompts significant reexamination of the site's long-accepted implications, including its attribution to the Wu family.
Recarving China's past : art, archeology, and architecture of the
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For more than a thousand years, the burial site known as the Wu Family Shrines in the Shandong province of northeastern China has served as a benchmark for the study of the Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE) - a defining period in Chinese history. This book presents scolarships that prompts significant reexamination of the site's long-accepted implications, including its attribution to the Wu family.
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May 2005, New Haven, New York
May 2005, New Haven, New York
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Chantée par les sagas de la colonisation, mise en scène par Hollywood, pôle d'attraction pour les Européens et les Marocains, Casablanca est d'abord une collection exceptionnelle d'espaces urbains, de maisons, de jardins. Les auteurs retracent de 1900 à 1960 la renaissance d'un port presque oublié et sa métamorphose en métropole tumultueuse, façonnée par toutes les(...)
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Chantée par les sagas de la colonisation, mise en scène par Hollywood, pôle d'attraction pour les Européens et les Marocains, Casablanca est d'abord une collection exceptionnelle d'espaces urbains, de maisons, de jardins. Les auteurs retracent de 1900 à 1960 la renaissance d'un port presque oublié et sa métamorphose en métropole tumultueuse, façonnée par toutes les(...)
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Casablanca: mythes et figures d'une aventure urbaine, nouvelle édition
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Chantée par les sagas de la colonisation, mise en scène par Hollywood, pôle d'attraction pour les Européens et les Marocains, Casablanca est d'abord une collection exceptionnelle d'espaces urbains, de maisons, de jardins. Les auteurs retracent de 1900 à 1960 la renaissance d'un port presque oublié et sa métamorphose en métropole tumultueuse, façonnée par toutes les cultures méditerranéennes. Les bâtiments significatifs de cette ville métisse sont analysés à partir des archives françaises et marocaines et présentés par des centaines de photographies inédites. Revivent ainsi les clients, les habitants et les architectes inventifs formant la trame humaine d'une scène incomprise mais essentielle de la modernité. Traduit en anglais en 2002, Casablanca a eu un impact incontestable sur les politiques patrimoniales marocaines. Des compléments et des précisions sont apportées à l'édition de 1998.
Casablanca: mythes et figures d'une aventure urbaine, nouvelle édition
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Chantée par les sagas de la colonisation, mise en scène par Hollywood, pôle d'attraction pour les Européens et les Marocains, Casablanca est d'abord une collection exceptionnelle d'espaces urbains, de maisons, de jardins. Les auteurs retracent de 1900 à 1960 la renaissance d'un port presque oublié et sa métamorphose en métropole tumultueuse, façonnée par toutes les cultures méditerranéennes. Les bâtiments significatifs de cette ville métisse sont analysés à partir des archives françaises et marocaines et présentés par des centaines de photographies inédites. Revivent ainsi les clients, les habitants et les architectes inventifs formant la trame humaine d'une scène incomprise mais essentielle de la modernité. Traduit en anglais en 2002, Casablanca a eu un impact incontestable sur les politiques patrimoniales marocaines. Des compléments et des précisions sont apportées à l'édition de 1998.
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January 1900
January 1900
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Arch Middle East
Arch Middle East
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This publication examines the role of national narratives in defining the Arab territory through the strategic implementation of architecture and urban planning. The Arab region, home to 423,000,000 inhabitants, is almost twice the size of the United States but still lacks sufficient and accessible research. "Architecture of the territory" uncovers the mechanisms that(...)
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This publication examines the role of national narratives in defining the Arab territory through the strategic implementation of architecture and urban planning. The Arab region, home to 423,000,000 inhabitants, is almost twice the size of the United States but still lacks sufficient and accessible research. "Architecture of the territory" uncovers the mechanisms that(...)
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Architecture of the territory: Constructing national narratives in the arab world
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This publication examines the role of national narratives in defining the Arab territory through the strategic implementation of architecture and urban planning. The Arab region, home to 423,000,000 inhabitants, is almost twice the size of the United States but still lacks sufficient and accessible research. "Architecture of the territory" uncovers the mechanisms that have shaped this distinct territory, providing a critically overdue examination of the dichotomy between the overplanned cities of autocratic governments and the post-conflict urban sprawls of precarious states in the Arab world, where national narratives have acted as a vehicle to implement the development of these territories. The book opens a dialogue between young Arab researchers and professionals covering, among other subjects, tensions inherited from colonial borders; agricultural strategies; and imported housing typologies and narratives. The content draws a parallel to similar issues found in the global architectural discourse of today.
Architecture of the territory: Constructing national narratives in the arab world
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This publication examines the role of national narratives in defining the Arab territory through the strategic implementation of architecture and urban planning. The Arab region, home to 423,000,000 inhabitants, is almost twice the size of the United States but still lacks sufficient and accessible research. "Architecture of the territory" uncovers the mechanisms that have shaped this distinct territory, providing a critically overdue examination of the dichotomy between the overplanned cities of autocratic governments and the post-conflict urban sprawls of precarious states in the Arab world, where national narratives have acted as a vehicle to implement the development of these territories. The book opens a dialogue between young Arab researchers and professionals covering, among other subjects, tensions inherited from colonial borders; agricultural strategies; and imported housing typologies and narratives. The content draws a parallel to similar issues found in the global architectural discourse of today.
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April 2023
April 2023
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The perimeter around the occupied Gaza Strip is formed by a sophisticated system of fences, forts and surveillance technologies. With each Israeli incursion, a military no-go area, or a "buffer zone," is established along Gaza's "borders," extending deep into Palestinian residential areas and farmlands— further compounding the Gaza Strip's isolation from the rest of(...)
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The perimeter around the occupied Gaza Strip is formed by a sophisticated system of fences, forts and surveillance technologies. With each Israeli incursion, a military no-go area, or a "buffer zone," is established along Gaza's "borders," extending deep into Palestinian residential areas and farmlands— further compounding the Gaza Strip's isolation from the rest of(...)
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Environmental warfare in Gaza: Colonial violence and new landscapes of resistance
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The perimeter around the occupied Gaza Strip is formed by a sophisticated system of fences, forts and surveillance technologies. With each Israeli incursion, a military no-go area, or a "buffer zone," is established along Gaza's "borders," extending deep into Palestinian residential areas and farmlands— further compounding the Gaza Strip's isolation from the rest of Palestine. Since 2014, the bulldozing of Palestinian lands by the Israeli occupation forces has been complemented by unannounced aerial spraying of military herbicides, extending the reach of Israeli violence into the realm of chemical warfare. Today, the spraying has destroyed entire swaths of arable land in Gaza, forcibly changing a once-lush Palestinian landscape, and providing the Israeli army with better visibility to fire at Palestinian targets with lethal force from a distance. This book is a vivid document of this latest stage of Israeli warfare, including original maps, images and visualisations which deepen our understanding of its environmental and human impact. It collects new documents, original archival materials, stills of drone footage, first-hand testimonies of farmers, organisers and protesters, and documents affected vegetation in Gaza as "silent witnesses" to Israeli settler-colonial violence.
Environmental warfare in Gaza: Colonial violence and new landscapes of resistance
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The perimeter around the occupied Gaza Strip is formed by a sophisticated system of fences, forts and surveillance technologies. With each Israeli incursion, a military no-go area, or a "buffer zone," is established along Gaza's "borders," extending deep into Palestinian residential areas and farmlands— further compounding the Gaza Strip's isolation from the rest of Palestine. Since 2014, the bulldozing of Palestinian lands by the Israeli occupation forces has been complemented by unannounced aerial spraying of military herbicides, extending the reach of Israeli violence into the realm of chemical warfare. Today, the spraying has destroyed entire swaths of arable land in Gaza, forcibly changing a once-lush Palestinian landscape, and providing the Israeli army with better visibility to fire at Palestinian targets with lethal force from a distance. This book is a vivid document of this latest stage of Israeli warfare, including original maps, images and visualisations which deepen our understanding of its environmental and human impact. It collects new documents, original archival materials, stills of drone footage, first-hand testimonies of farmers, organisers and protesters, and documents affected vegetation in Gaza as "silent witnesses" to Israeli settler-colonial violence.
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February 2024
February 2024
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Arch Middle East
Arch Middle East
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Dès la conquête, les occupants ibériques, espagnols d'abord, portugais ensuite, ont développé une stratégie de création de villes dans les somptueux paysages latino-américains. Localisation, fondation, urbanisme, architecture et peuplement, rien ne fut laissé au hasard. Que ce soit dans les sites vierges ou sur les emplacements des anciennes cités précolombiennes,(...)
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Dès la conquête, les occupants ibériques, espagnols d'abord, portugais ensuite, ont développé une stratégie de création de villes dans les somptueux paysages latino-américains. Localisation, fondation, urbanisme, architecture et peuplement, rien ne fut laissé au hasard. Que ce soit dans les sites vierges ou sur les emplacements des anciennes cités précolombiennes,(...)
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Cruauté & utopie : villes et paysages d'Amérique latine
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Dès la conquête, les occupants ibériques, espagnols d'abord, portugais ensuite, ont développé une stratégie de création de villes dans les somptueux paysages latino-américains. Localisation, fondation, urbanisme, architecture et peuplement, rien ne fut laissé au hasard. Que ce soit dans les sites vierges ou sur les emplacements des anciennes cités précolombiennes, règlements, lois et théories étaient à l'œuvre sous la férule des dirigeants pour assurer le pouvoir de Dieu et du Roi pour le bien des colons et des indigènes. Les échanges et influences réciproques entre l' « ancien » et le « nouveau » monde vont jusqu'à nos jours transformer utopies et réalités dans un fantastique laboratoire grandeur nature. La plus récente expérience en fut la modernité, courant international qui permit aux latino-américains, par son application locale, de s'inventer une identité contemporaine. Sous la direction de Jean-François Lejeune, des spécialistes américains et européens explorent cinq siècles de vies et de villes.
Cruauté & utopie : villes et paysages d'Amérique latine
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Dès la conquête, les occupants ibériques, espagnols d'abord, portugais ensuite, ont développé une stratégie de création de villes dans les somptueux paysages latino-américains. Localisation, fondation, urbanisme, architecture et peuplement, rien ne fut laissé au hasard. Que ce soit dans les sites vierges ou sur les emplacements des anciennes cités précolombiennes, règlements, lois et théories étaient à l'œuvre sous la férule des dirigeants pour assurer le pouvoir de Dieu et du Roi pour le bien des colons et des indigènes. Les échanges et influences réciproques entre l' « ancien » et le « nouveau » monde vont jusqu'à nos jours transformer utopies et réalités dans un fantastique laboratoire grandeur nature. La plus récente expérience en fut la modernité, courant international qui permit aux latino-américains, par son application locale, de s'inventer une identité contemporaine. Sous la direction de Jean-François Lejeune, des spécialistes américains et européens explorent cinq siècles de vies et de villes.
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January 1900, Bruxelles
January 1900, Bruxelles
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Arch Middle East
Arch Middle East
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Le style moghol est la création délibérée d'une lignée de souverains qui, dans l'Inde du XVIe au XIXe siècle, encouragèrent, employèrent et financèrent des générations d'architectes, de calligraphes, de peintres, de tisserands et d'artisans du métal. Puisant au cœur des arts du monde islamique plus vaste, notamment la Perse et l'Asie Centrale, mais solidement enraciné(...)
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Le style moghol est la création délibérée d'une lignée de souverains qui, dans l'Inde du XVIe au XIXe siècle, encouragèrent, employèrent et financèrent des générations d'architectes, de calligraphes, de peintres, de tisserands et d'artisans du métal. Puisant au cœur des arts du monde islamique plus vaste, notamment la Perse et l'Asie Centrale, mais solidement enraciné(...)
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Spendeurs Mogholes : art et architecture dans l'Inde islamique
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Le style moghol est la création délibérée d'une lignée de souverains qui, dans l'Inde du XVIe au XIXe siècle, encouragèrent, employèrent et financèrent des générations d'architectes, de calligraphes, de peintres, de tisserands et d'artisans du métal. Puisant au cœur des arts du monde islamique plus vaste, notamment la Perse et l'Asie Centrale, mais solidement enraciné dans les traditions indiennes, ce style imprégna le moindre aspect de la vie des empereurs moghols, de Babur à Aurangzeb, de leur aristocratie et des membres de leur famille. Il influença leurs manières et l'étiquette de la cour, les plats et les coupes à vin qu'ils utilisaient, leurs riches vêtements et leurs somptueux bijoux, les opulents intérieurs de leurs palais ornées de magnifiques tapis et de brocarts, et les majestueux monuments - tel le Taj Mahal ou les Forts rouges d'Agra et de Delhi - qui proclamaient leur richesse et leur puissance.
Spendeurs Mogholes : art et architecture dans l'Inde islamique
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Le style moghol est la création délibérée d'une lignée de souverains qui, dans l'Inde du XVIe au XIXe siècle, encouragèrent, employèrent et financèrent des générations d'architectes, de calligraphes, de peintres, de tisserands et d'artisans du métal. Puisant au cœur des arts du monde islamique plus vaste, notamment la Perse et l'Asie Centrale, mais solidement enraciné dans les traditions indiennes, ce style imprégna le moindre aspect de la vie des empereurs moghols, de Babur à Aurangzeb, de leur aristocratie et des membres de leur famille. Il influença leurs manières et l'étiquette de la cour, les plats et les coupes à vin qu'ils utilisaient, leurs riches vêtements et leurs somptueux bijoux, les opulents intérieurs de leurs palais ornées de magnifiques tapis et de brocarts, et les majestueux monuments - tel le Taj Mahal ou les Forts rouges d'Agra et de Delhi - qui proclamaient leur richesse et leur puissance.
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January 2008, Paris
January 2008, Paris
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Arch Middle East
Arch Middle East
