Islamic Architecture on the Move : Motion and Modernity.

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 from arc...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Gruber, Christiane J., 1976-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Intellect Books Ltd, 2016.
Series:Critical studies in architecture of the Middle East,
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Islamic Architecture on the Move; Chapter 2: Karbala in Lucknow: An Itinerary of Architectural Mobility; Chapter 3: The Mobile Matrix: The Hijaz Railway as Ritual Space and Generator of Space; Chapter 4: Fabricating a New Image: Imperial Tents in the Late Ottoman Period; Chapter 5: Mobility and Ambivalences: Negotiating Architectural Identities during Khedive Ismail's Reign (1863-79); Chapter 6: 'In the Absence of Originals': Replicating the Tilework of Safavid Isfahan for South Kensington.
  • Chapter 7: Relocating to Hawai'i: Dwelling with Islamic Art at Doris Duke's Shangri LaChapter 8: The Urban Fabric of Cairo: Khayamiya and the Suradeq; Note on Contributors; Back Cover.