Author: Hôtel DrouotPublisher:
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Languages : fr
Pages :
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Bijoux anciens et modernes; objets de vitrine; miniatures; orfèvrerie ancienne; argenterie moderne; mʹetal argentʹe
Author: Hôtel DrouotRajasthan Style
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781614284659
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This photographic opus expresses the sublime beauty of the people, nature, and places of this legendary region of India. From palaces to singular creative interiors, this promenade through the myriad colors and traditional handicrafts of Rajasthan captures the idealized Western dream of the Orient" -- Publisher's description.
Money and Banking in Canada
Author: Edward Peter NeufeldPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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The Sultan's Fountain
Author: Agnieszka DobrowolskaPublisher: American University in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9774165233
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The small sabil-kuttab (a charitable foundation particular to Cairo that combines a public water dispensary with a Quranic school) built in 1760 opposite the venerated Sayyida Zeinab Mosque is almost unique in Cairo: it is one of only two dedicated by a reigning Ottoman sultan, and--astonishingly--it is decorated inside with blue-and-white tiles from Amsterdam depicting happy scenes from the Dutch countryside. Why did the sultan, Mustafa III, cloistered in his Istanbul palace, decide to build a sabil in Cairo? Why did he choose this site for it? How did it come to be adorned with Dutch tiles? What were the connections between Cairo, Istanbul, and Amsterdam in the middle of the eighteenth century? The authors answer these questions and many more in this entertaining and beautifully illustrated history of an extraordinary building, describing also the recent conservation efforts to preserve it for posterity.
The Ottoman House
Author: S. IrelandPublisher: British Institute at Ankara
ISBN: 1912090619
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Seemingly contradictory ideas of privacy and community dominate Ottoman cities. While houses are internally divided to guard female modesty behind a frontage studded with peep-holes, streets in cities like Amasya are often bridged by first-floor passageways between different houses. This book contains 17 papers by architects and archaeologists looking at how the Ottoman house was structured, how it has varied over time and space, and how surviving examples are faring in a world of breeze-block construction. Although the examples discussed are all Near Eastern, and mostly from Turkey, the revelations this book contains about structuring principles will make it a valuable companion to understanding architectural relics from all over the Ottoman Empire.
Bijoux, objets de vitrine, orfèvrerie
Author: The Orientalizing Revolution
Author: Walter BurkertPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674643642
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Ancient Greek culture is often described as a miracle, owing little to its neighbors. Walter Burkert argues against a distorted view, toward a more balanced picture. "Under the influence of the Semitic East--from writers, craftsmen, merchants, healers--Greek culture began its unique flowering, soon to assume cultural hegemony in the Mediterranean."
Bijoux, objets de vitrine, orfèvrerie ancienne et moderne
Author: The Lebanon (Mount Souria).
Author: David UrquhartPublisher:
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Families in Politics
Author: Linda Schatkowski SchilcherPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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