TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hillenbrand,Robert
TI  - Islamic Architecture: Form, Function and Meaning 
SN  - 9780748613793
U1  - 720/.917/671 20
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Edinburgh : 
PB  - Edinburgh University Press, 
KW  - Islamic architecture
KW  - Symbolism in architecture
KW  - Islamic countries
KW  - Islamic Studies
KW  - ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface and acknowledgements --; Preface to the paperback edition --; List of colour plates --; List of captions for black and white plates --; List of captions for line drawings --; I The Scope of the Enquiry: Problems and Approaches --; II The Mosque --; III The Minaret --; IV The Madrasa --; V The Mausoleum --; VI The Caravansarai --; VII The Palace --; Composite catalogue of line drawings --; Glossary of Islamic terms --; Select bibliography --; Sources of line drawings accompanying the text --; Sources of line drawings at the back of the book --; Textual references to colour plates --; Index of individual monuments --; Index of terms in foreign (principally Islamic) languages --; Index of proper names --; Subject index --; List of cross-references for black and white plates --; List of cross-references for line drawings; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - Winner of the American Publishers Association's Award for an outstanding Professional and Scholarly title and the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 1996 from the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain.In a dazzling display of erudition, Robert Hillenbrand surveys the major building-types of the Islamic World: religious architecture (the mosque, the minaret, the madrasa), the mausoleum 'between Heaven and Earth', and the caravansarai and the palace representing the secular side.All the building-types are discussed in art-historical terms, with the interplay of form and function taken as the underlying theme of the analysis. All are comprehensively illustrated with a full range of colour and black-and-white photographs, analytical drawings, thumbnail comparative assemblies and ground plans.This major reference work, covering from Spain to Afghanistan and c. 700 to c. 1700, is a source of fascination for all seeking to appreciate the rich heritage of the Islamic World. Recurrent themes and patterns take on a wider significance - a persistent reminder that the Islamic faith and the particular type of society which it engendered makes light of vast gulfs of time and space.Key Features24 colour plates300 black-and-white photographs1246 line drawingsSection of composite drawings and ground plansAvailable in Hardback (originally published in 1994) and a revised paperback edition published in 2000.This new paperback edition includes a previously unpublished index, designed to make the book more user-friendly
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474469159
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