Title Islam : from Baghdad to Cordoba : early architecture from the 7th to the 13th century / Henri Stierlin ; photographs, Anne and Henri Stierlin

Edition Twenty-fifth anniversary edition Published Hong Kong ; Los Angeles : Taschen, [2009] Hong Kong ; Los Angeles : Taschen, [2009] ©2009 ©2009

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MELB	720.91767 Sti/Ifb 2009		AVAILABLE
WATERFT ART&ARCH	720.91767 Sti/Ifb 2009		AVAILABLE

Description 224 pages : colour illustrations, colour map ; 30 cm Series World architecture Taschen's world architecture. Contents Introduction : the origins of Islam -- The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem -- The Great Mosque of the Umayyads of Damascus -- Umayyad palaces -- Umayyad splendor in Cordoba -- The grandeur of the Abbasid Caliphate -- The diversity of Muslim Egypt -- The disintegration of the far western empire -- Upheavals in the near east -- Conclusion : new concepts of space Notes Originally published 1996 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 221) and index Subject Architecture, Medieval. Islamic architecture. Author Stierlin, Anne. ISBN 3836510596 (hbk.) 9783836510592 (hbk.)

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