Author: Jeffery Allan GrotePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The Alhambra
Author: Antonio Fernández PuertasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Based on many years of painstaking research and covering eleven centuries of medieval, modern and contemporary history, The Alhambra represents a major contribution to world scholarship. During his research for the book, the author has made some very exciting discoveries. He has, for example, resolved one of the great enigmas of Nasrid art by discovering the geometric proportional system on which the entire Alhambra architecture and decoration are based. The designs are at times so intricate that they baffle even professional mathematicians: Professor Fernaacute;ndez-Puertas has cracked the geometric code and discovered that the marvels of the Alhambra are built on a proportional system that is essentially incommensurable and not based on fixed units like metres or inches. This has involved making hundreds of analytical figures, many of which will be included in the book. Professor Fernaacute;ndez-Puertas is also the first to discover the chronological order in which the Alhambra palaces were built. He has collated much fragmentary information in order to reconstruct a picture of court life within the Alhambra and the personalities of its sultans and poet-viziers. The book thus contains the heart of three centuries of Nasrid art, as well as providing a history of the palatine city from the ninth century to the present day: the pre-Nasrid Alhambra, the Nasrid Alhambra and the Christian Alhambra. Based on many years of painstaking research and covering eleven centuries of medieval, modern and contemporary history, The Alhambra will be the most comprehensive scientific work yet issued on the subject--a work of this order is unlikely to be published again within our lifetime.
Old and New Spain
Author: Henry Martyn FieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Long Beach Freeway, Route 710 (formerly Route 7), Los Angeles County
Author: The Architectural Review
Author: Twin Lakes State Beach General Plan
Author: Bulletin
Author: Michigan State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
California. Court of Appeal (2nd Appellate District). Records and Briefs
Author: California (State).Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Number of Exhibits: 1
Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project (TRTP)
Author: Patterns of Everyday Life
Author: David WainesPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351912569
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This volume deals with fundamental aspects of the material life of Islamic societies in the formative period. Three broad sections comprise the scope of the book: the first on housing, the second on textiles and clothing, and the final one on food and drink. In each section, studies based upon both archaeological and literary sources are included. The aim of the collection is to highlight features of continuity between the pre-Islamic cultures of the Middle East and those other aspects which were introduced as a consequence of the development and spread of the Islamic religious tradition. The editor's introduction to the volume reviews the developments and current trends in each area, and notes the problems in constructing knowledge of the material civilisation of the early Islamic period.
Preliminary Comprehensive General Plan
Author: Inglewood (Calif.). Planning DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description