Stucco in the Islamic World : Studies of Architectural Ornament from Spain to India / edited by Richard P. McClary.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McClary, Richard P., editor.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in Islamic art.

Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Islamic countries.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (634 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2025]

Summary:

A wide-ranging, illustrated exploration of the uses of stucco in Islamic architecture in the pre-modern period. Coverage includes Iran and reaches as far afield as Spain and India.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

The Contributors

Series Editor’s Foreword

CHAPTER ONE Stucco in the Pre-Modern Islamic World: A Brief Historiography and an Overview of the Current State of the Field

PART I EARLY ISLAMIC STUCCO

CHAPTER TWO Stucco Decorations of the Church on Sir Bani Yas Island and their Artistic Context

CHAPTER THREE Khirbat al-Mafjar and the Immersive Materiality of Early Medieval Interiors

CHAPTER FOUR Early Abbasid Stucco Production in Mesopotamia and Greater Iran, c. 750–850

CHAPTER FIVE Stucco Decoration of the Abbasid Mosque in Afrasiab (Samarkand): New Investigation into a Neglected Corpus

CHAPTER SIX A New Approach to Studying the Abbasid Stucco from Samarra

CHAPTER SEVEN Innovation and Transformation in the Stucco of Bilad al-Sham

CHAPTER EIGHT Liminal Lands and Liminal Materials: Calabrian Stucco Production between Byzantium, the Normans and Islam

PART II STUCCO IN THE MEDIEVAL PERSIANATE WORLD

CHAPTER NINE Stucco in the Architectural Decoration of the Ghaznavid Palace in Ghazni, Afghanistan, Eleventh–Twelfth Centuries

CHAPTER TEN Stucco of the Seljuq Period in Iran, with a Focus on Dado Zones and Mihrabs

CHAPTER ELEVEN Seljuq Stucco from a House in Sultan Kala, Merv: A Re-examination

CHAPTER TWELVE Three Ilkhanid Stucco Mihrabs in Central Iran: Work of a Distinctive Regional Workshop?

CHAPTER THIRTEEN Ilkhanid Stucco in Anatolia? The Mihrab of the Arslanhane Mosque in Ankara

CHAPTER FOURTEEN Towards a Comprehension of Ilkhanid Stucco Style(s)

PART III STUCCO IN NORTH AFRICA AND IBERIA

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Stucco in Cairo: Indigenous Development and Imported Ideas

CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Stucco of Qubbat Fadawiyya, 1479–1480, in Context: Revival of a Medium

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Stucco Decorations of the Great Residences of Sedrata: State of Knowledge and Working Hypotheses

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Fatimid and Zirid Wall ‘Stuccos’ of Sabra al-Mansuriyya

CHAPTER NINETEEN Almoravid Stucco: The Qubbat al-Barudiyyin in Marrakech as Paradigm of Legitimacy

CHAPTER TWENTY An Early Muqarnas Plaster Ceiling in the Alhambra Palace, Granada

CHAPTER TWENTY- ONE Plasterwork in the Alhambra: Materiality, Design and Practice

PART IV STUCCO IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT

CHAPTER TWENTY- TWO Stucco Decoration in Delhi Sultanate Architecture, Fourteenth–Sixteenth Centuries

CHAPTER TWENTY- THREE Stucco Ornamentation of the Sultanate Kingdoms of the Deccan

CHAPTER TWENTY- FOUR Dusts of Sin and Clouds of Beneficence: Continuity and Creativity in Stucco at the Tomb of Jamali, Delhi

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Index

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ISBN:

9781399543552

1399543555

9781399543569

1399543563