Las exploraciones a lugares desconocidos o vetados han constituido una pulsión fascinadora en el ser humano, inspirada por el deseo de conocimiento o la ...
A richly informative and visually packed sourcebook demonstrating and explaining the function and worldwide appeal of Islamic architecture. Islamic architecture dates back 1,400 years ...
Directed by Paolo Portoghesi, the Second Venice Architecture Biennale raised questions about a postmodernity through realms extending south and east from the Mediterranean, where ...
Esta obra reúne una serie de trabajos realizados en el marco del Proyecto I+D Excelencia 'Estudio de los espacios rituales mudéjares en la Castilla ...
Covering one thousand years of history and an area stretching from the Atlantic to the borders of India and China, Robert Hillenbrand incorporates all ...
An authoritative survey situating some of the Western world's most renowned buildings within a millennium of Islamic history Some of the most outstanding examples ...
Against a backdrop of Islamophobia, Europeans are increasingly airbrushing from history their cultural debt to the Muslim world. But this legacy lives on in ...
Este libro es una obra colectiva elaborada por arabistas, historiadores, arqueólogos, arquitectos, botánicos, historiadores del arte, etc., tanto españoles como extranjeros, interesados en el ...
'Lavish ... a celebration of the history and enduring romance of Islamic gardens' Washington PostAs seen on the highly acclaimed BBC2 series Monty Don's ...
Tracing the connections between music making and built space in both historical and contemporary times, Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam brings together domains ...
The cross-cultural exchange of ideas that flourished in the Mediterranean during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries profoundly affected European and Islamic society. Gardens of ...
Surface decoration has always played a fundamental role in Islamic architecture. As human representation is forbidden in Islamic religious monuments, designers employed mosaics, stucco, ...
En esta obra se analizan y estudian, desde puntos de vista muy diferentes pero siempre complementarios, por una parte la tradicional polémica sobre la ...
The Qur'an makes rich references to light, tying it to revelation, and light consequently permeates the culture and visual arts of the Islamic lands. ...
