Title: Islamic Architecture
First published: 1994
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.
Subjects: Architecture, Islamic, Symbolism in architecture, Islamic Architecture, Symbolism, Architecture islamique, Symbolisme en architecture
Places: Islamic countries
LC classification: NA380 .H52 1994