Art and architecture in the Islamic tradition : aesthetics, politics and desire in early Islam /: aesthetics, politics and desire in early Islam. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mohammed Hamdouni Alami.
• Other Names: Hamdouni Alami, Mohammed
• Contents: Architecture and Meaning in the Theory of al-Jahiz -- Architecture and Poetics -- Architecture and Myth -- Al-Jahiz in the Mosque at Damascus: Social Critique and Debate in the History of Umayyad Architecture -- Architecture and Desire.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris Distributed in the United States and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 289 pages, [16] pages of plates), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 704.9/4897; Islamic art -- History and criticism; Islamic architecture -- History and criticism; Islamic art -- Themes, motives; Islamic architecture -- Themes, motives; Architecture, Islamic -- Aesthetics -- History and criticism; Architecture, Islamic -- Themes, motives -- History and criticism; Art, Islamic -- Aesthetics -- History and criticism; Fine Arts; ART -- Subjects & Themes -- Religious; Islamic architecture; Islamic architecture -- Themes, motives; Islamic art; Islamic art -- Themes, motives; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857718815; 0857718819; 9780857731753; 0857731750
• Related ISBNs: 1848855443; 9781848855441
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-279) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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