Islam : from Baghdad to Cordoba :
Stierlin, Henri.
Islam : from Baghdad to Cordoba : early architecture from the 7th to the 13th century / Henri Stierlin ; photographs, Anne and Henri Stierlin. - Hong Kong ; Los Angeles : Taschen, ©2009. - 224 pages : color illustrations, color map, plans ; 30 cm. - Taschen's world architecture. .
Originally published 1996.
Introduction : the origins of Islam --
The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem --
The Great Mosque of the Umayyads of Damascus --
Umayyad palaces --
Umayyad splendor in Cordoba --
The grandeur of the Abbasid Caliphate --
The diversity of Muslim Egypt --
The disintegration of the far western empire --
Upheavals in the near east --
Conclusion : new concepts of space.
Includes bibliography and index (221-223) pages.
Translated from the French.
9783836510592 3836510596
Islamic architecture.
Architecture, Medieval.
720.91767 S855i 2009
Islam : from Baghdad to Cordoba : early architecture from the 7th to the 13th century / Henri Stierlin ; photographs, Anne and Henri Stierlin. - Hong Kong ; Los Angeles : Taschen, ©2009. - 224 pages : color illustrations, color map, plans ; 30 cm. - Taschen's world architecture. .
Originally published 1996.
Introduction : the origins of Islam --
The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem --
The Great Mosque of the Umayyads of Damascus --
Umayyad palaces --
Umayyad splendor in Cordoba --
The grandeur of the Abbasid Caliphate --
The diversity of Muslim Egypt --
The disintegration of the far western empire --
Upheavals in the near east --
Conclusion : new concepts of space.
Includes bibliography and index (221-223) pages.
Translated from the French.
9783836510592 3836510596
Islamic architecture.
Architecture, Medieval.
720.91767 S855i 2009