Tabbaa, Yasser, 1948-

The transformation of Islamic art during the Sunni revival / Yasser Tabbaa.

Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2001.

xiii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Publications on the Near East

"The transformation of Islamic architecture and ornament during the eleventh and twelfth centuries signaled profound cultural changes in the Islamic world. Yasser Tabbaa explores with exemplary lucidity the geometric techniques that facilitated this transformation, and investigates the cultural processes by which meaning was produced within the new forms. Iran, Iraq, and Syria saw the development of proportional calligraphy, vegetal and geometric arabesque, muqarnas (stalactite) vaulting, and other devices that became defining features of medieval Islamic architecture.
Ultimately, the forms and themes described in this book shaped the development of Mamluk architecture in Egypt and Syria, and by extension, the entire course of North African and Andalusian architecture as well."--Jacket.

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Decoration and ornament, Architectural Middle East.
Islamic architecture Middle East.
Architecture, Medieval Middle East.
Islamic decoration and ornament Middle East.
Decoration and ornament, Medieval Middle East.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux Moyen-Orient.
Architecture islamique Moyen-Orient.
Architecture médiévale Moyen-Orient.
Décoration et ornement islamiques Moyen-Orient.
Décoration et ornement médiévaux Moyen-Orient.
Architecture, Medieval.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Decoration and ornament, Medieval.
Islamic architecture.
Islamic decoration and ornament.
Islamische Kunst
Islamitische kunst.
Ornamentiek.
Islamitische bouwkunst.
Middle East.

Publications on the Near East, University of Washington.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 222080
Cote: NA3573 .T3 2001
Statut: Disponible