Felix Arnold

Islamic Palace Architecture in the Western Mediterranean

A History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Islamic palace architecture in Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and southern Italy, presenting all known palace buildings in ground plans, sections and individual descriptions. The author traces their evolution from the 8th to the 19th century and places them within the context of the history of Islamic culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 164mm x 2mm
• Gewicht: 677g
• ISBN-13: 9780190624552
• ISBN-10: 0190624558
• Artikelnr.: 47863320

Autorenporträt

Felix Arnold is both an architect and archaeologist who has conducted extensive field work in Egypt, Spain and Syria. As a senior research fellow of the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo, he currently directs excavation projects at Córdoba (Spain), Dahshur, and Elephantine (Egypt).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Acknowledgments
Chronology of the Islamic West
Glossary
Chapter 1: The Formative Period (700-900 CE)
Chapter 2: The Age of the Great Caliphates (900-1000 CE)
Chapter 3: Diversity and Disintegration (1000-1100 CE)
Chapter 4: The Great Reform Empires (1100-1250 CE)
Chapter 5: The Epigones of Empire (1200-1500 CE)
Chapter 6: Early Modern Period (1500-1800 CE)
Conclusion: Concepts of Space in Palaces of the Islamic West
Bibliography
Index