Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan in the Archibald Creswell photograph collection of the Biblioteca Berenson. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stefano Anastasio with contributions by Spyros Koulouris and Francesco Saliola.
• Authors: Anastasio, Stefano
• Editors: Anastasio, Stefano
• Other Names: Creswell, K. A. C (Keppel Archibald Cameron), 1879-1974
• Contents: A martyr for Islamic architectural history, by Spyros Koulouris ; Processing the photo archive ; Archival descriptions ; Studying the past – working for the future ; Introduction ; Creswell and the Berenson Collection ; Biographical sketch ; Creswell photographer: the working method ; Creswell's legacy of photographs ; Creswell's collection at the Biblioteca Berenson ; Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan in Creswell's photographs ; Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan at the end of World War I ; Photographers in Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan prior to Creswell's work ; The sites and the monuments ; Mesopotamia ; Birecik ; Harran ; Samarra ; Qantarat Harba ; Baghdad ; Al-Madain – Taq Kisra ; Al-Ukhaidir ; Syria ; Ancient churches of Northern Syria: Qalat Siman, Qalb Lawzah and Ruweiha ; Aleppo ; Masyaf ; Hama ; Homs ; Damascus ; Transjordan ; Amman ; Iraq al-Amir ; Qusayr Amra ; Conclusions ; Appendixes ; 1. Register of photographers in Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan between the 1840s and the 1930s ; 2. Register of Creswell's photographs of the Biblioteca Berenson ; 3. Synopsis of Creswell's photographs in the different archives ; 4. Sites and monuments geolocation, by Francesco Saliola <a href="https://t.ly/DJpnK" target="_blank">(Free online resource ) ; Bibliographic references ; Arabic Summary.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Archaeopress Archaeology
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (324 pages), illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 779.456092; Architectural photography -- Middle East; Monuments -- Middle East -- Pictorial works; Islamic architecture -- Middle East -- Pictorial works; Middle East -- Pictorial works; Photograph collections
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781803274560; 9781803274553
• Related ISBNs: 9781803274553
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 8, 2023).
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