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Art and architecture in the Islamic tradition: aesthetics, politics and desire in early Islam

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Field name	Details
ISBN	1848855443 (hbk.)
ISBN	9781848855441 (hbk.)
Author	Hamdouni Alami, Mohammed
Title	Art and architecture in the Islamic tradition : aesthetics, politics and desire in early Islam / [by] Mohammed Hamdouni Alami
Publisher	London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2011
Physical desc.	xiii, 289 p., [16] p. of plates ; ill. (some col.), plans ; 23 cm.
Series	Library of modern Middle East studies 104
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-279) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Architecture and meaning in the theory of al-Jāḥiẓ -- Architecture and poetics -- Architecture and myth -- Al-Jāḥiẓ in the mosque at Damascus: social critique and debate in the history of Umayyad architecture -- Architecture and desire -- Conclusion.
Subject	Islamic art -- History and criticism
	Islamic architecture -- History and criticism
	Islamic art -- Themes, motives
	Islamic architecture -- Themes, motives
	Islamic art and symbolism

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