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Islamic architecture on the move : motion and modernity / edited by Christiane Gruber.

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"Even a casual observer can spy traces of Islamic architecture and design on buildings all over the world, a reminder that artistic traditions and visual culture have never been limited to their region or country of origin, but rather are highly diffusible. This book brings together scholars fr...

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Other Authors: Gruber, Christiane J., 1976- (Editor, Contributor), Kamleh, Elsie (Contributor), Bartsch, Katherine (Contributor), Simonowitz, David (Contributor), Dimmig, Ashley (Contributor), El-Ashmouni, Marwa M. (Contributor), Carey, Moya (Contributor), Bush, Olga (Contributor), Bowker, Sam (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bristol, United Kingdom ; Chicago, Illinois : Intellect, 2016.
Series:Critical studies in architecture of the Middle East.
Subjects:
Islamic architecture > History and criticism.
Islamic architecture.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Islamic architecture on the move / Christiane Gruber
  • Karbala in Lucknow : an itinerary of architectural mobility / Elise Kamleh and Katherine Bartsch
  • The mobile matrix : the Hijaz Railway as ritual space and generator of space / David Simonowitz
  • Fabricating a new image : imperial tents in the Late Ottoman period / Ashley Dimmig
  • Mobility and ambivalences : negotiating architectural identities during Khedive Ismail's reign (1863-1879) / Marwa M. El-Ashmouni
  • 'In the absence of originals' : replicating the tilework of Safavid Isfahan for South Kensington / Moya Carey
  • Relocating to Hawai'i : dwelling with Islamic art at Doris Duke's Shangri La / Olga Bush
  • The urban fabric of Cairo : Khayamiya and the Suradeq / Sam Bowker.

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