The Production of Meaning in Islamic Architecture and Ornament Tabbaa Yasser
The Production of Meaning in Islamic Architecture and Ornament Tabbaa Yasser This volume collects Yasser Tabbaa's investigative and interpretive articles on medieval Islamic architecture, ornament…
Specifikacia The Production of Meaning in Islamic Architecture and Ornament Tabbaa Yasser
The Production of Meaning in Islamic Architecture and Ornament Tabbaa Yasser
This volume collects Yasser Tabbaa's investigative and interpretive articles on medieval Islamic architecture, ornament and gardens in Syria and Iraq, with comparative expansions into Anatolia, Egypt, North Africa and Spain. The writings cover significant forms such as muqarnas vaulting, proportioned Qur'anic scripts and cursive public inscriptions, and monument types such as the madrasa, the hospital, the tribunal (dar al-'adl) and the citadel palace. He examines the monuments, many of which have vanished in recent years, within the context of the political divisions and theological ruptures that characterised the Islamic world between the 11th and 13th centuries.
Collectively, they present medieval Islamic architecture as a transformative process that echoes Abbasid glory and signals future developments in later Islamic