Production of Meaning in Islamic Architecture and Ornament

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

AvYasser Tabbaa,Yasser (Dorothy Kayser Hohenberg Chair of Excellence in the Department of Art at the University of Memphis until his retirement in 2014. _x000D_) Tabbaa

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This volume collects Yasser Tabbaa's investigative and interpretive articles on medieval Islamic architecture, ornament and gardens in Syria and Iraq, with comparative expansions into Anatolia, Egypt, North Africa and Spain. The monuments in question, many of which have vanished in recent years, are examined within the context of the political divisions and theological ruptures that characterised the Islamic world between the 11th and 13th centuries. The writings cover such significant forms as muqarnas vaulting, proportioned Qur'anic scripts and cursive public inscriptions, and monument types such as the madrasa, the hospital, the tribunal (dar al-'adl) and the citadel palace. Collectively, they present medieval Islamic architecture as a transformative process that echoes Abbasid glory and signals future developments in later Islamic architecture.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-11-01
Mått216 x 276 x 35 mm
Vikt1 370 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCollected Papers in Islamic Art
Antal sidor536
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474482189

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Yasser Tabbaa was Dorothy Kayser Hohenberg Chair of Excellence in the Department of Art at the University of Memphis until his retirement in 2014. He is the author of Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997), The Transformation of Islamic Art during the Sunni Revival (University of Washington Press, 2001; paperback edition, 2002), Najaf: The Gate of Wisdom, in collaboration with Sabrina Mervin (UNESCO, 2014) and The Ayyubid Era: Art and Architecture in Medieval Syria with A. Moaz, V. Daiber & Z. Takeiddin (MWNF, 2015).

Part I: Syria1. Monuments with a Message: Propagation of Jihad under Nur al-Din2. Survivals and Archaisms in the Architecture of Northern Syria, ca. 1080-ca. 11503. Circles of Power: Palace, Citadel and City in Ayyubid Aleppo4. Dayfa Khatun: Architectural Patron and Regent Queen5. Defending Ayyubid Aleppo: The Fortifications of al-Zahir Ghazi (1186-1216)6. Originality and Innovation in Syrian Woodwork of the 12th and 13th CenturiesPart II: Iraq7. The Mosque of Nur al-Din in Mosul, 1170-728. The Resurgence of the Baghdad Caliphate (1050-1258)9. The Politics of Patronage in Medieval Mosul: Nur al-Din, Badr al-Din, and the Question of the Sunni RevivalPart III: Domes10. The Muqarnas Dome: Its Origin and Meaning11. The Muqarnas Domes and Portal Vaults of Cairo12. Andalusian Roots and Abbasid Homage in the Qubbat al-Barudiyyin in MarrakeshPart IV: Writing13. The Transformation of Arabic Writing, I. Qur’anic Calligraphy14. The Transformation of Arabic Writing, II. The Public Text15. Canonicity and Control: The Sociopolitical Underpinnings of Ibn Muqla’s ReformPart V: Gardens16. Typology and Hydraulics in the Medieval Islamic Garden17. Control and Abandon: Images of Water in Arabic Gardens and Garden Poetry18. Eternal Hunting Fields: The Frescos at Qusayr ‘Amra as a Pastoralist Interpretation of the Paradise GardenPart VI: Shrines19. Invented Pieties: The Revival and Rebuilding of Shi‘ite Shrines in Contemporary Syria20. Glorifying the Imamate: Architecture and Ritual in the Shi’i Shrines of Syria21. The Functional Aspects of Medieval Islamic Hospitals.