Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan in the Archibald Creswell Photograph Collection of the Biblioteca Berenson / Stefano Anastasio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anastasio, Stefano, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architectural photography--Middle East.

Architectural photography.

Islamic architecture--Middle East--Pictorial works.

Islamic architecture.

Middle East--Pictorial works.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2023]

Language Note:

In English and summary in Arabic.

Summary:

Keppel Archibald Cameron Creswell (1879-1974) developed an early interest in Islamic architecture, considering photography as an essential tool for recording architectural artefacts. This volume presents the photographs that concern Mesopotamia, Syria and Jordan, kept today at the Biblioteca Berenson in Florence.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright page

Contents Page

A martyr for Islamic architectural history

Introduction

Creswell and the Berenson Collection

Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan in Creswell's photographs

The sites and the monuments

Mesopotamia

Syria

Transjordan

Conclusions

Appendix 1. Register of photographers in Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan between the 1840s and th

Appendix 2. Register of Creswell's photographs of the Biblioteca Berenson

Appendix 3. Synopsis of Creswell's photographs in the different archives

Appendix 4. Sites and monuments geolocation

Bibliographic references

Arabic.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Anastasio, Stefano Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan in the Archibald Creswell Photograph Collection of the Biblioteca Berenson

ISBN:

9781803274560

1803274565

OCLC:

1372396958