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The transformation of Islamic art during the Sunni revival /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tabbaa, Yasser, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2001]
Colección:Publications on the Near East, University of Washington.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Sunni Revival
  • 2. The Transformation of Qur'anic Writing
  • 3. The Public Text
  • 4. The Girih Mode: Vegetal and Geometric Arabesque
  • 5. Muqarnas Vaulting and Ash'ari Occasionalism
  • 6. Stone Muqarnas and Other Special Devices
  • 7. The Mediation of Symbolic Forms.