Islam from Baghdad to Cordoba : early architecture from the 7th to the 13th century /

Stierlin, Henry

Islam from Baghdad to Cordoba : early architecture from the 7th to the 13th century / Henri Stierlin - Hong Kong : Taschen, 2009. - 224 p. - Taschen's world architecture. .

Translated from the French.
Originally published 1996.

Introduction : the origins of Islam --
The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem --
The Great Mosque of the Umayyads of Damascus --
Umayyad palaces --
Umayyad splendor in Cordoba --
The grandeur of the Abbasid Caliphate --
The diversity of Muslim Egypt --
The disintegration of the far western empire --
Upheavals in the near east --
Conclusion : new concepts of space.

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