Gruber, Christiane.

Islamic Architecture on the Move : Motion and Modernity. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (274 pages) - Critical Studies in Architecture of the Middle East Series ; v.2 . - Critical Studies in Architecture of the Middle East Series .

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 La -- Chapter 8: The Urban Fabric of Cairo: Khayamiya and the Suradeq -- Note on Contributors -- Back Cover.

This book brings together scholars from architectural studies, design, art history and other fields to challenge and expand concepts of Islamic architecture. Ranging from eighteenth-century Ottoman tents to Islamic motifs in 1960s Hawaii, this volume raises key questions about Islamic architecture and material, artistic and cultural mobility.

9781783206391


Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Electronic books.

NA380.I853 2016

724.6