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Monuments of Central Asia : a guide to the archaeology, art and architecture of Turkestan / Edgar Knobloch.
Penn Museum Library DS327.8 .K66 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knobloch, Edgar.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic architecture.
- Architecture.
- Art, Central Asian.
- Antiquities.
- Asia, Central--Description and travel.
- Asia, Central.
- Central Asia.
- Asia, Central--Antiquities--Guidebooks.
- Art, Central Asian--Guidebooks.
- Architecture--Asia, Central--Guidebooks.
- Islamic architecture--Asia, Central--Guidebooks.
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 246 pages, 80 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris : in the United States and Canada distributed by St. Martin's Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- In this comprehensive account of the culture and history of Central Asia, Edgar Knobloch describes the main centers of the age-old civilization. Throughout the book he spices the text with quotations from the works of contemporary travelers, while providing an expert' s commentary on the archaeological, architectural, and decorative features of the sites he describes. His original photographs are supplemented by numerous line drawings, plans of the main cities, and sketches of principal monuments and their ornamental features.
- Contents:
- Part I The Countries 3
- I Land and People 5
- II Outline of History 13
- III Civilisation 34
- IV Architecture and Architectural Decoration 45
- V The Sources 64
- Part II Central Asia 71
- VI Khorezm 73
- VII The Zarafshan Valley 93
- VIII Turkmenistan 135
- IX The Amu Darya Valley and Southern Tajikistan 145
- X The Syr Darya and Ferghana Valleys 155
- XI Kazakhstan and Kirghizstan 163
- Part III Xinjiang or Eastern Turkestan 167
- XII History 169
- XIII Urumchi, Turfan and Kucha 174
- XIV Tun-huang to Kashgar 179
- Part IV Afghanistan 185
- XV History 187
- XVI The Centre and the East 190
- XVII The West 200
- XVIII The North 211
- XIX The South 220
- Appendix Aftermath of Destruction 227.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1860645909
- OCLC:
- 46824159
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