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Книга The Art And Architecture of Islamic Cairo The Art And Architecture of Islamic CairoКниги Строительство Автор: Richard Yeomans Год издания: 2006 Формат: pdf Издат.:Garnet Publishing Страниц: 286 Размер: 20 ISBN: 9781859641545 Язык: Английский 85 (голосов: 1) Оценка:Since Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798, the western traveller has been obsessed with the Pharaohs and Egypt's ancient past. Her Islamic culture has been largely ignored, and the pyramids have been allowed to cast a long shadow over the visual culture of Islamic Cairo, obscuring a magnificent art and architectural heritage that has lasted over a thousand years, from the building of the Mosque of Amr in the seventh century to that of Muhammad Ali in the nineteenth. Cairo is full of masterpieces of medieval art and architecture reflecting the status of Egypt as the centre of several significant Muslim empires. The purpose of this book is to redress the cultural balance and examine the art and architectural treasures of Cairo from the Arab to the Ottoman conquests (642-1517). Set within an historical narrative, the stylistic development of the visual arts is explained within changing religious, social and political

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Author

Richard Yeomans

Publisher

GARNET PRESS; Garnet Publishing

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781859642481

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Islam, History, Art