The religious architecture of Islam / edited by Hasan-Uddin Khan & Kathryn Blair Moore ; with contributions by Abeer Hussam Eddin Allaham [and 28 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allaham, Abeer Hussam Eddin, author.

Contributor:

Khan, Hasan-Uddin, editor, contributor.

Moore, Kathryn Blair, editor, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic architecture.

Religious architecture--Islamic countries.

Religious architecture.

Mosques--History.

Mosques.

Mosques--Designs and plans.

religious buildings.

Madrasahs.

Islamic shrines.

Sepulchral monuments.

Asia.

Australia.

Genre:

Essays

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plans (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2021-2022]

Summary:

'The Religious Architecture of Islam' is a wide-ranging multi-author study of the architectural traditions associated with the religion of Islam across the globe. A total of 59 essays by 48 authors are presented across two volumes, 'Volume 1: Asia and Australia' and 'Volume 2: Africa, Europe, and the Americas'. Essays address major themes across historical and contemporary periods of Islam and provide more focused studies of developments unique to specific regions and historical periods. The essays cover Islamic religious architecture broadly defined, including mosques, madrasas, saints' shrines, and funerary architecture. 'The Religious Architecture of Islam' both provides an introduction to the history of Islamic architecture and reflects the most recent scholarship within the field.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: BACKGROUND THEMES

Locating the Sacred in Early Islamic Architecture / Heba Mostafa

The Mosque in the Urban Context / Ipek Tureli

Gardens as Places of Piety and Faith / D. Fairchild Ruggles

Complex Patterns and Three-Dimensional Geometry in Islamic Religious Architecture / Imdat As

Archives and Archival Documents in the Study of Islamic Religious Architecture / Michael A. Toler

WEST AND CENTRAL ASIA

The Holy Mosque of Mecca / Abeer Hussam Eddin Allahham

The Mosque of the Prophet at Medina / Akel Ismail Kahera

The Dome of the Rock through the Centuries / Kathryn Blair Moore

The Great Mosque of Damascus through the Medieval Period / Mattia Guidetti

Early Islam and Byzantine Churches / Mattia Guidetti

Early Mosques in Iran and Central Asia / Melanie Michailidis

Funerary Architecture in Iraq under the Abbasids and their Successors, 750

1250 / Matthew Saba

Muslims, Byzantines, and Western Christians on the Haram al-Sharif / Robert Ousterhout

Mosques under the Ayyubids / Stephennie Mulder

Shrines in the Central Islamic Lands / Stephennie Mulder

Shrines and Mausolea in Iran and Central Asia / Melanie Michailidis

The Ilkhanids and their Successors / Sheila Blair

Religious Architecture of Central Asia under the Timurids and their Successors / Bernard O'Kane

Religious Architecture of Safavid Iran / Farshid Emami

Islamic Architecture in Medieval Anatolia, 1150

1450 / Oya Pancaroglu

Three Sufi Shrines under the Ottomans / Zeynep Yiirekli

Seljuk and Ottoman Mosques / Ali Uzay Peker

Kocatepe: The Unbuilt State Mosque of Turkey / Imdat As

Regionalist Expressions of the Mosque in the Arabian Peninsula and Middle East / James Steele

SOUTH AND EAST ASIA

The Sultanates in South Asia, 700

1690 / Alka Patel

Mughal Religious Architecture / Laura E. Parodi

Badshahi Masjid, Lahore / Kamil Khan Mumtaz

The Architecture of Sufi Shrines in Pakistan / Kamil Khan Mumtaz

Pre-Islamic and Vernacular Elements in the Southeast Asian Mosques of Nusantara / Imran bin Tajudeen

The Mosque in China / Nancy S. Steinhardt

The Great Mosque of Xi'an (Qing Zhen Si) / Hasan-Uddin Khan

AUSTRALIA

New Australian Mosques / Tammy Gaber.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9782503589350

2503589359

9782503589367

2503589367

OCLC:

1274120320

Publisher Number:

99992394708