Mshatta in Berlin
Subtitle: keystones of Islamic art
By: Eva-Maria Troelenberg ; translation: Bram Opstelten
Series: Connecting art histories in the museum -- vol. 1; Connecting art histories in the museum -- v. 1.
Publisher: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz; Verlag Kettler
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Berlin; Dortmund
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9783862063970
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Umayyad Architecture; Islamic decoration and ornament; Architectural Decoration and ornament; Facades; Relief (Sculpture), Medieval; Islamic architecture
Work titles: Mschatta in Berlin
Description: On a decorated facade from the 8th century Umayyad palace Qasr Mushatta in Jordan, since 1932 in the the Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-241).