Overview
"Cairo of the Mamluks was ""a city beyond imagination"", wrote the Arab philosopher Ibn Khaldun. The Mamluk sultans originated as a slave-based caste who took advantage of the mid-13th century power vacuum to establish themselves as rulers. They designed their capital to be the heart of the Muslim world. It became the focus of their enormous patronage of art and architecture, the stage for their ceremonial rituals, and a memorial to their achievements. This history of Mamluk architecture examines the monuments of the Mamluks in their social, political and urban context during the period of their rule between 1250-1517. The book displays the multiple facets of Mamluk patronage, and also provides a succint discussion of sixty monuments built in Cairo by the Mamluk sultans. This is a richly illustrated volume with colour photographs, plans and isometric drawings. It will form an essential reference work for scholars and students of the art and architecture of the Islamic world as well as art historians and historians of late medieval Islamic history."
Full Product Details
Author: Doris Behrens-Abouseif ,
Nicholas Warner ,
Bernard O'Kane
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Dimensions:
Width: 23.70cm
, Height: 3.60cm
, Length: 28.90cm
Weight: 2.559kg
ISBN: 9781845115494
ISBN 10: 184511549
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 24 October 2007
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
''For the interested visitor to Egypt, these are not books that you can slip into your pocket to take on your holiday but ones to read on the return.'' Venetia Porter, The Art Newspaper
''For the interested visitor to Egypt, these are not books that you can slip into your pocket to take on your holiday but ones to read on the return.'' Venetia Porter, The Art Newspaper ''For the interested visitor to Egypt, these are not books that you can slip into your pocket to take on your holiday but ones to read on the return.'' Venetia Porter, The Art Newspaper
<p>''For the interested visitor to Egypt, these are not books that you can slip into your pocket to take on your holiday but ones to read on the return.'' Venetia Porter, The Art Newspaper
''For the interested visitor to Egypt, these are not books that you can slip into your pocket to take on your holiday but ones to read on the return.'' Venetia Porter, The Art Newspaper
Author Information
Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London
