The Transformation of Islamic Art During the Sunni Revival (Publications on the Near East)
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: June 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780295981338
Subjects: History; Architecture; History: World; History - General; Interior Design - General; European; Middle East - General; Architecture, Islamic; Architecture, Medieval; Decoration and ornament, Archi; Decoration and ornament, Architectural; Decoration and ornament, Islam; Middle East
Description: "The transformation of Islamic architecture and ornament during the eleventh and twelfth centuries signaled profound cultural changes in the Islamic world. Yasser Tabbaa explores with exemplary lucidity the geometric techniques that facilitated this transformation, and investigates the cultural processes by which meaning was produced within the new forms.

Iran, Iraq, and Syria saw the development of proportional calligraphy, vegetal and geometric arabesque, muqarnas (stalactite) vaulting, and other devices that became defining features of medieval Islamic architecture. Ultimately, the forms and themes described in this book shaped the development of Mamluk architecture in Egypt and Syria, and by extension, the entire course of North African and Andalusian architecture as well."--BOOK JACKET.