Creswell Photographs Re-Examined

New Perspectives on Islamic Architecture
Herausgeber: O'Kane, Bernard

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using photographs as documentary evidence to study Islamic architecture

Produktdetails

• Verlag: American University in Cairo Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 179mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1049g
• ISBN-13: 9789774162442
• ISBN-10: 9774162447
• Artikelnr.: 25921513

Autorenporträt

Bernard O'Kane is a professor in the Arab and Islamic Civilizations Department of the American University in Cairo.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Illustrations
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note on Sources and Photographs
I. The Citadel of Cairo in the Ayyubid Period and the Development of
Thirteenth-century Fortifications: A Reconsideration
Tarek Galal Abdel-Hamid
2. An Ode to Remember: The Burda of al-Busiri in Cairene Ottoman Houses
Doha Abou-Khatwa
3. The Mosque of Mustafa Shurbagi Mirza: Reasserting Egypt's Mamluk Roots
Conchita Aftorve-Tschirgi
4. The Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban before and after Creswell
Dina Ishak Bakhoum
5. Archival Photography and the Formulation of Cconseration Policy: The
Case of Manzil Qayetbay
Nairy Hampikian and May al-Ibrashy
6. The Turba of Azdumur in the Northern
Cemetery of Cairo
Hani Hamza
7. The Mamluk Mosque of Amir Husayn:
A Reconstruction
Chahinda Karim
8. Modes of Utilizing Qur'anic Inscriptions on
Cairene Mamluk Religious Monuments
Dina Montasser
9. The Great Mosque of Hama Redux
Bernard O'Kane
10. A Study of the Unintended in Creswell's Photographs: The Architecture
of the Nineteenth and Twentieth
Centuries, and the Continuity of Building Traditions
Seif El Rashidi
11. The Works of Sultan al-Ghuri in Khan al-Khalili:
Analysis and Reconstruction of the Covered Market
Ola Seif
12. Detecting the Past: K.A.C. Creswell,
Photography, and the Landscape of Cairo
Nicholas Warner
Glossary