Title:
The mosque : history, architectural development and regional diversity / edited by Martin Frishman and Hasan-Uddin Khan.
Main Entry:
Frishman, Martin.
Khan, Hasan-Uddin.
Publisher:
Thames & Hudson,
Publication Date:
2002.
Publication Place:
London :
ISBN:
0500283451
9780500283455
Subject:
Mosques.
Mosques -- History.
Contents:
PART I: THE MOSQUE AS AN EXPRESSION OF ISLAM: Islam and the form of the mosque / Martin Frishman -- The role of calligraphy / Wheeler M. Thackston -- Applications of geometry / Mohammad Al-Asad -- PART II: THE REGIONS AND THEIR STYLES: Introduction : regionalism / Ismail Serageldin -- The central Arab lands / Dogوan Kuban -- Spain and north Africa / Antonio Fernandez-Puertas -- Iran and central Asia / Bernard O'Kane -- Anatolia and the Ottoman legacy / Gulru Necipoوglu -- The Indian subcontinent / Perween Hasan -- Sub-Saharan West Africa / Labelle Prussin -- East Africa / Mark Horton -- China / Luo Xiaowei -- South-East Asia / Hugh O'Neill -- PART III: THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE: The mosque in Islamic society today / Oleg Grabar -- An overview of contemporary mosques / Hasan-Uddin Khan -- The metamorphosis of the sacred / Mohammed Arkoun -- Notes on the text -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Chronological table -- Sources of illustrations..
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