Studies in Arabian Architecture
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Studies in Arabian Architecture

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Studies in Arabian Architecture

About this book

Based on extensive architectural and archaeological research, these papers present a series of studies on the art, buildings, settlement patterns, and land use in Iraq, Yemen and Oman, from the pre-Islamic period to modern times. Many of the monuments and sites were studied here for the first time, and have subsequently disappeared or become inaccessible. Among the main themes emerging from Professor Costa's work are the continuity of Arab craftsmanship, in both technical and aesthetic terms, from Late Antiquity into the Islamic period; the relationship between the natural and the built environment; and the dependence of architecture and settlement patterns on the exploitation of natural resources, especially water.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9780860784364
eBook ISBN
9781040245842
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series
  3. Half Title
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. I Islamic shrines on the Ŝaṭ al-Nīl
  9. II The Great Mosque of Ṣan‘ā’
  10. III The Mosque of al-Janad
  11. IV Problems of style and iconography in the South-Arabian sculpture
  12. V Patterns of urban settlement in ancient Arabia
  13. VI Notes on settlement patterns in traditional Oman
  14. VII Notes on traditional hydraulics and agriculture in Oman
  15. VIII The architecture of Ṣalālah and the Dhofar Littoral
  16. IX Historical interpretation of the territory of Muscat
  17. Index