Hamdouni ,Alami, Mohammed

Art and architecture in the Islamic tradition Aesthetics,politics and desire in early Islam - London I.B. Tauris 2014 - 289 Couv. ill. en coul, ill. en coul 14x22cm

Introduction. Architecture and poetics ; The aims of this book
Architecture and meaning in the theory of al-Jāḥiẓ. Architecture and meaning : al-Jāḥiẓ's view ; Aesthetic, variety and emotion ; Voice, body and emotion ; Al-Bayān, architecture and commemoration
Architecture and poetics. Modus operandi ; Al-Khalil's theory of language ; Arabic poetics ; The palace and the Qaṣīda
Architecture and myth. Ḥadīthu Sinimmār
Al-Jāḥiẓ in the mosque at Damascus : social critique and debate in the history Umayyad architecture. Yaqubi's account ; Muqaddasi's account ; Architecture and hospitality ; 'Umar II : architecture and piety
Architecture and desire. "Architects" or architectural planners ; The desire for architecture ; Architecture and misrecognition ; The travelling gaze : Ibn al-Jahm's eulogy of the palace al-Haruni ; Building, reflection and emptiness
Conclusion.

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Islamic architecture - History and criticism Islamic art- History and criticism Ǧāḥiẓ, ʿAmr ibn Baḥr al-Art islamique.