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Damas, capitale de la Syrie contemporaine, adossée à la chaîne de l’Anti-Liban à la frange des immensités de la steppe syrienne, est bien connue des historiens du monde arabe. Si les travaux de Jean Sauvaget, d’André Raymond et de leurs successeurs permettent d’en dresser un tableau détaillé pour les périodes médiévale et moderne, le tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles a été(...)
Damas : urbanisme et architecture 1860-1925
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Damas, capitale de la Syrie contemporaine, adossée à la chaîne de l’Anti-Liban à la frange des immensités de la steppe syrienne, est bien connue des historiens du monde arabe. Si les travaux de Jean Sauvaget, d’André Raymond et de leurs successeurs permettent d’en dresser un tableau détaillé pour les périodes médiévale et moderne, le tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles a été assez peu étudié1. C’est de cette époque dont il est question dans ce livre. A ce moment-là, Damas est touchée par d’importantes transformations ; de nouvelles modalités de développement et de modernisation de l’espace urbain se mettent en place. L’organisation administrative de l’Empire ottoman connaît alors de multiples réformes, la législation en matière de contrôle de l’urbanisation et le mode de gestion des villes sont totalement renouvelés.
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The book opens with a history of the country and its many cultural influences. An overview of Thai architecture in its context is followed by a look at its basic elements in their variety and structural detail. All types of structures are featured, from Thai houses and rice barns to elaborate temples and breathtaking palaces. The different materials used to achieve the(...)
May 2006, London
Architecture of Thailand : a guide to traditional and contemporary forms
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The book opens with a history of the country and its many cultural influences. An overview of Thai architecture in its context is followed by a look at its basic elements in their variety and structural detail. All types of structures are featured, from Thai houses and rice barns to elaborate temples and breathtaking palaces. The different materials used to achieve the distinctive Thai style are also discussed. The book also examines the hybrid forms that reflect the confluence of Thai and Western or other Asian styles. It ends with a look at contemporary Thai architecture and how traditional architectural practices have been adapted to suit modern needs.
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War has entered the cities. Since September 11, 2001 at the latest, it has become apparent that this is the case not only in Jerusalem and the Middle East, but also in Western metropolises. This book presents a thorough investigation of the current situation in Jerusalem from a trilateral perspective: Israeli, Palestinian, and international experts air their views. The(...)
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June 2006, Basel, Boston, Berlin
City of collision : Jerusalem and the principles of conflict urbanism
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War has entered the cities. Since September 11, 2001 at the latest, it has become apparent that this is the case not only in Jerusalem and the Middle East, but also in Western metropolises. This book presents a thorough investigation of the current situation in Jerusalem from a trilateral perspective: Israeli, Palestinian, and international experts air their views. The discussion centers on the production and use of urban space under the conditions created by the conflict, including, for example, the so-called security fence, urban enclaves, exclaves, the approach to monuments and no-man’s-land, and the instrumentalization of infrastructures, which leads to the crass juxtaposition of highly developed and impoverished urban spaces. The conflict, however, does not bring with it destruction and violence alone, but also exhibits ambivalent effects and, along with them, new cultural and urban realities. Jerusalem has become a prototype in the age of new urban violence.
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Jerusalem currently stands at the center of a violent controversy that threatens the stability of both the Middle East and the world. This volatility, observes Annabel Jane Wharton, is only the most recent manifestation of a centuries-old obsession with the control of the Holy City—military occupation and pilgrimage being two familiar forms of “ownership.” Wharton makes(...)
Selling Jerusalem : relics, replicas, theme parks
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Jerusalem currently stands at the center of a violent controversy that threatens the stability of both the Middle East and the world. This volatility, observes Annabel Jane Wharton, is only the most recent manifestation of a centuries-old obsession with the control of the Holy City—military occupation and pilgrimage being two familiar forms of “ownership.” Wharton makes the innovative argument here that the West has also sought to possess Jerusalem by acquiring its representations. From relics of the True Cross and Templar replicas of the Holy Sepulchre to Franciscan recreations of the Passion to nineteenth-century mass-produced prints and contemporary theme parks, Wharton describes the evolving forms by which the city has been possessed in the West. She also maps those changing embodiments of the Holy City against shifts in the western market. From the gift-and-barter economy of the early Middle Ages to contemporary globalization, both money and the representations of Jerusalem have become progressively incorporeal, abstract, illusionistic, and virtual.
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Cet ouvrage propose une grande synthèse sur les cultures de l’eau dans la civilisation arabo-musulmane tout en valorisant l’apport des hydrauliciens arabes dans la civilisation méditerranéenne. L’histoire de l’hydraulique, telle qu’on l’a écrite et que l’on continue à l’écrire, réserve une place limitée à l’apport de la civilisation arabe. D’où cet ouvrage qui explore,(...)
Les maîtres de l'eau : histoire de l'hydraulique arabe
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Cet ouvrage propose une grande synthèse sur les cultures de l’eau dans la civilisation arabo-musulmane tout en valorisant l’apport des hydrauliciens arabes dans la civilisation méditerranéenne. L’histoire de l’hydraulique, telle qu’on l’a écrite et que l’on continue à l’écrire, réserve une place limitée à l’apport de la civilisation arabe. D’où cet ouvrage qui explore, au-delà de l’étude de l’hydraulique arabe, la découverte des hydrauliciens eux-mêmes et l’Ecole arabe de l’eau à laquelle ils appartiennent. Cet ouvrage a également pour but d’œuvrer à la sauvegarde du patrimoine hydraulique par la création d’un musée de l’Eau où seraient exposées quelques-unes des réalisations du génie hydraulique arabe. Ainsi, ce lieu deviendrait espace de réflexion et source d’inspiration pour les jeunes ingénieurs et un large public.
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Entre le VIe et le VIIe siècles ont été construits certains des plus beaux temples de l'Inde méridionale. On y voit se constituer les différentes formes iconographiques des dieux hindous. Dans le sillage des combats que se livrent à cette époque les principales dynasties de l'Inde du Sud, les Câlukya, les Pallawa, les Râshtrakûta, se dessine un vaste mouvement de(...)
Temples de l'Inde médidionale
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Entre le VIe et le VIIe siècles ont été construits certains des plus beaux temples de l'Inde méridionale. On y voit se constituer les différentes formes iconographiques des dieux hindous. Dans le sillage des combats que se livrent à cette époque les principales dynasties de l'Inde du Sud, les Câlukya, les Pallawa, les Râshtrakûta, se dessine un vaste mouvement de diffusion et de création de modèles artistiques. En transposant le mythe dans l'espace, chaque temple en offre aussi une interprétation propre à travers son programme iconographique. La mythologie hindoue y révèle à la fois sa cohérence et sa richesse. Ce livre propose une analyse des temples qui met en relation les images et le système indien d'appréhension et de représentation.
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L'inde_ Contemporaine
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Une exploration intime de la sensibilit� indienne en mati�re de d�coration et de design. Une approche �radicalement moderne, allusivement traditionnelle, exclusivement �l�gante�
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November 2007, Gen�ve
L'inde_ Contemporaine
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Une exploration intime de la sensibilit� indienne en mati�re de d�coration et de design. Une approche �radicalement moderne, allusivement traditionnelle, exclusivement �l�gante�
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Quadrilat�re irr�gulier, bord� par l�oc�an Atlantique, la mer M�diterran�e et le Sahara, le Maroc frappe par la diversit� et le caract�re spectaculaire de ses paysages. Au fil des saisons, ils offrent la beaut� des sommets enneig�s et des plaines arides et rougeoyantes, les couleurs vibrantes des champs de roses, de lauriers, d�amandiers en fleurs(...)
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October 2007, Gen�ve
Paysages marocains
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Quadrilat�re irr�gulier, bord� par l�oc�an Atlantique, la mer M�diterran�e et le Sahara, le Maroc frappe par la diversit� et le caract�re spectaculaire de ses paysages. Au fil des saisons, ils offrent la beaut� des sommets enneig�s et des plaines arides et rougeoyantes, les couleurs vibrantes des champs de roses, de lauriers, d�amandiers en fleurs ou de menthe� Sans doute un des pays les plus photog�niques au monde.
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Brazil's Modern Architecture
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Brazil's architecture is strikingly distinct from Latin America as a whole and diverse in itself. Yet coverage of the architecture of twentieth-century Brazil is all too often confined to the work of one man (Oscar Niemeyer) or the buildings of two cities (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo). In Brazil's Modern Architecture, a new generation of Brazilian cities and historians(...)
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October 2007, London, New York
Brazil's Modern Architecture
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Brazil's architecture is strikingly distinct from Latin America as a whole and diverse in itself. Yet coverage of the architecture of twentieth-century Brazil is all too often confined to the work of one man (Oscar Niemeyer) or the buildings of two cities (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo). In Brazil's Modern Architecture, a new generation of Brazilian cities and historians sets the record straight, providing a truly comprehensive survey and analysis of twentieth-century Brazilian architecture.
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"India by Design : colonial history and cultural display" maps for the first time a series of historical events - from the Raj in the mid-nineteenth century up to the present day - through which India was made fashionable to Western audiences within the popular cultural arenas of the imperial metropole. Situated at the convergence of discussions in anthropology, art(...)
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November 2007, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London
India by design : colonial history and cultural display
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"India by Design : colonial history and cultural display" maps for the first time a series of historical events - from the Raj in the mid-nineteenth century up to the present day - through which India was made fashionable to Western audiences within the popular cultural arenas of the imperial metropole. Situated at the convergence of discussions in anthropology, art history, museum studies, and postcolonial criticism, this dynamic study investigates with vivid historical detail how Indian objects, bodies, images, and narratives circulated through metropolitan space and acquired meaning in an emergent nineteenth-century consumer economy. Through an examination of India as represented in department stores, museums, exhibitions, painting, and picture postcards of the era, the book carefully confronts the problems and politics of postcolonial display and offers an original and provocative account of the implications of colonial practices for visual production in our contemporary world.
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