Author: Hayat Salam-LiebichPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Architecture of the Mamluk City of Tripoli
Author: Hayat Salam-LiebichPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Mamluk City in the Middle East
Author: Nimrod LuzPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107048842
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
An interdisciplinary study of urban history, urban experience and the nature of urbanism under the rule of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517).
Mamluk History through Architecture
Author: Nasser RabbatPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1786733862
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The most enduring testament to the Mamluk Sultanate is its architecture. Not only do Mamluk buildings embody one of the most outstanding medieval architectural traditions, Mamluk architecture is actually a key to the social history of the period. Analysing Mamluk constructions as a form of communication and documentation as well as a cultural index, "Mamluk History Through Architecture" shows how the buildings mirror the complex - and historically unique - military, political, social and financial structures of Mamluk society. With this original and authoritative study, Nasser Rabbat offers an innovative approach to the history of the Mamluks - through readings of the spectacular architecture of the period. Drawing on examples from throughout both Egypt and Syria, from the Citadel and Al-Azhar Mosque of Cairo to the Mausoleum of al-Zahir Baybars in Damascus, Rabbat demonstrates how Mamluk architecture served to reinforce visually the spirit of the counter-Crusade, when the Muslim world rebounded from the setbacks of the First Crusade. Both holistically and in case studies, Rabbat demonstrates how history is inscribed into and reflected by a culture's artefacts. This is a groundbreaking work in the study of architecture and social history in the Middle East and beyond.
The Architecture of the Mamluck City of Tripoli
Author: Hayat Salam-LiebichThe Mamluk City in the Middle East
Author: Nimrod LuzPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107729815
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
The Mamluk City in the Middle East offers an interdisciplinary study of urban history, urban experience, and the nature of urbanism in the region under the rule of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517). The book focuses on three less-explored but politically significant cities in the Syrian region - Jerusalem, Safad (now in Israel), and Tripoli (now in Lebanon) - and presents a new approach and methodology for understanding historical cities. Drawing on diverse textual sources and intensive field surveys, Nimrod Luz reveals the character of the Mamluk city as well as various aspects of urbanism in the region, establishing the pre-modern city of the Middle East as a valid and useful lens through which to study various themes such as architecture, art history, history, and politics of the built environment. As part of this approach, Luz considers the processes by which Mamluk discourses of urbanism were conceptualized and then inscribed in the urban environment as concrete expressions of architectural design, spatial planning, and public memorialization.
Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set
Author: Jonathan BloomPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019530991X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1697
Book Description
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture is the most comprehensive reference work in this complex and diverse area of art history. Built on the acclaimed scholarship of the Grove Dictionary of Art, this work offers over 1,600 up-to-date entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa, and Europe and spans over a thousand years of history. Recent changes in Islamic art in areas such as Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq are elucidated here by distinguished scholars. Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites and stylistic developments. In addition, over 500 illustrations of sculpture, mosaic, painting, ceramics, architecture, metalwork and calligraphy illuminate the rich artistic tradition of the Islamic world. With the fundamental understanding that Islamic art is not limited to a particular region, or to a defined period of time, The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture offers pathways into Islamic culture through its art.
The Arts of the Mamluks in Egypt and Syria
Author: Doris Behrens-AbouseifPublisher: V&R unipress GmbH
ISBN: 3899719158
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Based on the conference "The Arts of the Mamluks in Egypt and Syria" held at SOAS in 2009.
The Mamluk Sultanate from the Perspective of Regional and World History
Author: Reuven AmitaiPublisher: V&R Unipress
ISBN: 3847004115
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
The Mamluk Sultanate represents an extremely interesting case study to examine social, economic and cultural developments in the transition into the rapidly changing modern world. On the one hand, it is the heir of a political and military tradition that goes back hundreds of years, and brought this to a high pitch that enabled astounding victories over serious external threats. On the other hand, as time went on, it was increasingly confronted with "modern" problems that would necessitate fundamental changes in its structure and content. The Mamluk period was one of great religious and social change, and in many ways the modern demographic map was established at this time. This volume shows that the situation of the Mamluk Sultanate was far from that of decadence, and until the end it was a vibrant society (although not without tensions and increasing problems) that did its best to adapt and compete in a rapidly changing world.
The City in the Islamic World (2 vols.)
Author: Salma Khadra JayyusiPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047442652
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1520
Book Description
The purpose of this book, is to draw attention to the sites of life, politics and culture where current and past generations of the Islamic world have made their mark. Unlike many previous volumes dealing with the city in the Islamic world, this one has been specially expanded not only to include snapshots of historical fabric but also to deal with the transformation of this fabric into modern and contemporary urban entities.
The Mamluk Sultanate
Author: Carl F. PetryPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108471048
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
An engaging and accessible survey of the Mamluk Sultanate which positions the realm within the development of comparative political systems from a global perspective.