Islamic Architecture Form, Function, and Meaning

Name: Islamic Architecture Form, Function, and Meaning
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ISBN: 9780231101325

ISBN-10: 0231101325

ISBN-13: 9780231101325

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robert Hillenbrand

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This beautifully conceived and produced survey of Islamic architecture explores the glorious world of the caravansarai, mausoleum, palace, and mosque. Focusing on the multifaceted relation of architecture to society, Robert Hillenbrand covers public architecture in the Middle East and North Africa from the medieval period to 1700. Extensive photographs and ground plans -- among which are hundreds of newly executed three-dimensional drawings that provide an accurate and vivid depiction of the structure -- are presented with an emphasis on the way the specific details of the building fulfilled their function. Included are chapters on religious and secular architecture and the architecture…

Book details

List price: $135.00
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 3/23/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 670
Size: 0.78" wide x 1.01" long x 0.18" tall
Weight: 4.268

Robert Hillenbrand, Professor of Islamic Art at Edinburgh University,is an acknowledged world expert on Islamic art and architecture.



Preface and Acknowledgements


List of Captions for Black and White Plates


List of Captions for Line Drawings



The Scope of the Enquiry: Problems and Approaches



The Mosque



The Minaret



The Madrasa



The Mausoleum



The Caravansarai



The Palace


Composite Catalogue of Line Drawings


Glossary of Islamic Terms


Select Bibliography


Sources of Line Drawings Accompanying the text


Sources of Line Drawings at the back of the book


Index of Individual Monuments


Index of Terms in Foreign (Principally Islamic) Languages


Index of Proper Names


Subject Index


Key to the numbering system for Illustrations