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Author:   D. Fairchild Ruggles (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9781405154024

ISBN 10:   1405154020
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   05 April 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 1 Foundations: Religious, Political, Juridical, and Administrative Documents from Early Islam and Places in Transition 6 2 Behavior, Gifts, Treasuries, and Collections 11 3 Art 23 Workshops, Guilds, and Crafts in General 23 Calligraphy and Scribes 31 Painting 50 Textiles 57 Ceramics, Glass, Ivory, and Other Media 66 Geometry, Aesthetics 74 4 Space: Architecture and Urbanism 78 Architectural Technique 79 Architectural Types and Elements 84 Urbanism and Land 91 5 Places 96 Pre-Islamic 96 Syria, Jordan, and Environs 99 Iraq 105 Al-Andalus 112 The Maghreb, Africa, and Sicily 119 Egypt 125 Turkey and the Ottoman Empire 135 Iran and Central Asia 149 South Asia 162 East Asia 175 Acknowledgments 177 Index 183

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Recommended. Lower-and upper-level undergraduates; general readers. (Choice, 1 October 2011)

"""Recommended. Lower-and upper-level undergraduates; general readers."" (Choice, 1 October 2011)"

Author Information

D. Fairchild Ruggles is Professor of Landscape, Art, and Architectural History at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her first book, Gardens, Landscape, and Vision in the Palaces of Islamic Spain (2000), won the Eleanor Tufts Award from the American Society for Hispanic Art Historical Studies. Her most recent book is Islamic Gardens and Landscapes (2008), which won the J.B. Jackson Prize from the Foundation for Landscape Studies. Her edited and co-edited books include Women, Patronage and Self-Representation in Islamic Societies (2000), Cultural Heritage and Human Rights (2007), Sites Unseen: Landscape and Vision (2007), and Intangible Heritage Embodied (2009).

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