Perspectives on early Islamic art in Jerusalem / by Lawrence Nees.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nees, Lawrence, author.

Series:

Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world ; v. 5.

Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world ; volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dome of the Chain (Jerusalem).

Qubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem).

Islamic architecture--Jerusalem.

Islamic architecture.

Islamic art and symbolism--Jerusalem.

Islamic art and symbolism.

Buildings--Temple Mount (Jerusalem).

Buildings.

Jerusalem--Buildings, structures, etc.

Jerusalem.

Middle East--Jerusalem.

Middle East--Jerusalem--Temple Mount.

Eretz Israel--Antiquities--Arab Caliphate Period, 638-1099.

Local Subjects:

Eretz Israel--Antiquities--Arab Caliphate Period, 638-1099.

Physical Description:

xvii, 198 pages, 42 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), plans ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Summary:

Through its material remains, 'Perspectives on early Islamic art in Jerusalem' analyzes several overlooked aspects of the earliest decades of Islamic presence in Jerusalem, during the seventh century CE. Focusing on the Haram al-Sharif, also known as the Temple Mount, Lawrence Nees provides the first sustained study of the Dome of the Chain, a remarkable eleven-sided building standing beside the slightly later Dome of the Rock, and the first study of the meaning of the columns and column capitals with figures of eagles in the Dome of the Rock. He also provides a new interpretation of the earliest mosque in Jerusalem, the Haram as a whole, with the sacred Rock at its center.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-185) and index.

ISBN:

9789004301764

9004301763

OCLC:

913573146

Publisher Number:

9789004301764