Creswell photographs re-examined : new perspectives on Islamic architecture / edited by Bernard O'Kane.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Kane, Bernard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic architecture--Egypt.

Islamic architecture.

Egypt.

Islamic decoration and ornament.

Creswell, K. A. C. (Keppel Archibald Cameron), 1879-1974.

Creswell, K. A. C.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 332 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, photographs ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cairo ; New York : The American University In Cairo Press, 2009.

Summary:

Using photographs as documentary evidence to study Islamic architecture

Contents:

1 The Citadel of Cairo in the Ayyubid Period and the Development of Thirteenth-century Fortifications: A Reconsideration / Tarek Galal Abdel-Hamid 1

2 An Ode to Remember: The Burda of al-Busiri in Cairene Ottoman Houses / Noha Abou-Khatwa 43

3 The Mosque of Mustafa Shurbagi Mirza: Reasserting Egypt's Mamluk Roots / Conchita Aǫrve-Tschirgi 71

4 The Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban before and after Creswell / Dina Ishak Bakboum 99

5 Archival Photography and the Formulation of Conservation Policy: The Case of Manzil Qaytbay / Nairy Hampikian, May Al-Ibrasby 121

6 The Turba of Azdumur in the Northern Cemetery of Cairo / Hani Hamza 145

7 The Mamluk Mosque of Amir Husayn: A Reconstruction / Chahinda Karim 163

8 Modes of Utilizing Qur'anic Inscriptions on Cairene Mamluk Religious Monuments / Dina Montasser 187

9 The Great Mosque of Hama Redux / Bernard O'Kane 219

10 A Study of the Unintended in Creswell's Photographs: The Architecture of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, and the Continuity of Building Traditions / Seif El Rashidi 247

11 The Works of Sultan al-Ghuri in Khan al-Khalili: Analysis and Reconstruction of the Covered Market / Ola Seif 279

12 Detecting the Past: K.A.C. Creswell, Photography, and the Landscape of Cairo / Nicholas Warner 293.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains photographs from Creswell collection which was acquired by the American University in Cairo in 1956.

ISBN:

9789774162442

9774162447

OCLC:

458110095