Oriental treasures in the Mediterranean: from Damascus to Granada
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Title
Oriental treasures in the Mediterranean: from Damascus to Granada
Description
"The more than 400 color photographs in this book, edited by Henry Stierlin, an expert on Near and Middle Eastern cultures from prehistoric times to our days, illustrate the magnificent works produced by the dynasties that have written Islamic history for more than a millennium: the Umayyads, Abbasids, Turkish Seljuks, Fatimids, Ayyubids, Mamluks of Cairo, Aghlabids of Kairouan, Almoads and Merinids of Morocco, Nasrids of Granada, and the Ottomans of Istanbul."--Jacket.
Creator
Henri Stierlin
Publisher
Vercelli : White Star
Date
2005
Relation
Series: Timeless treasures
Table Of Contents
The common origins -- The rise of Islam -- Classical architecture : the Umayyads and Abbasids -- The Seljuks in Anatolia -- From Egypt to Ifriqiya and Morocco -- From the Ayyubids to the Mamluks -- From Andalusia to Morocco : the Nasrids and Marinids -- The apogee of the Ottomans : Sinan and Suleyman the Magnificent -- Ten extraordinary monuments.
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Original Format
Book
Citation
Henri Stierlin, “Oriental treasures in the Mediterranean: from Damascus to Granada,” Humanities Hub, accessed September 8, 2024, https://humanitieshub.sdsu.edu/omeka/items/show/2016.