Author: Procházka, Amjad Bohumil
Title: Determinants of Islamic Architecture
Description: Zürich, M.A.R.P. 1988. orig. boards. 27x27cm, 167 pp. Weighs 1100 grams. Series: Muslim Architecture Research Program, Architecture of the Islamic Cultural Sphere, 1b. Textual illustrations.. Minor wear. Light binding corner bumps. VG. ¶ Contents: Definition of the concept -- Constructional systems -- Style of Islamic architecture -- Periodisation of Islamic architecture -- The world of the early Middle Ages -- Evolution of styles -- Remarks on the origins of architectural shapes -- Islám and visual arts -- Arab architecture before Islám -- The cultural influence of older and neighboring civilizations -- Byzantine architecture -- Some important pre- Islamic structures on the territory of the caliphate -- Armenian and Georgian architecture -- Sásánid Persia -- Mesopotamian building art -- Indian architecture -- The architecture of Turkistán -- Berber architecture -- Visigothic Spain -- Sources of Islamic architecture -- Architecture of the nomads -- Evolution of nomadic dwellings -- Architecture and problems of provenance -- Changes in the world of Islám -- Why the study of Islamic architecture has not fully developed -- The meaning of Islamic architecture -- Negative influences on the development of Islamic monumentology -- Islamic architecture and the Arabs -- Islamic architecture and the Turks -- Islamic architecture and the Jews -- Islamic archtecture and Creswellism -- Islamic architecture and orientalists -- Islamic architecture and architects -- Islamic architecture and atheism -- Islamic archtecture in danger.

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