Islamic architecture
Subtitle: form, function, and meaning
By: Robert Hillenbrand.
Edition: Casebound ed.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 645
Subjects: Architecture, Islamic; Symbolism in architecture -- Islamic countries
Description: "Robert Hillenbrand explores the range of public architecture in the Middle East and North Africa from the medieval period to 1700, focusing on the relationship between architecture and society." "Included are chapters on religious and secular architecture and the architecture of tombs, each one providing a lucid and penetrating overview of a characteristic building type. Buildings are discussed in terms of form and function, the roles of specific building types in the Islamic order and the expression of different sociocultural groups in architectural terms."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 601-607) and indexes.