Book Mosque The 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses Of Worship: Impossible Collection

Name: Book Mosque The 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses Of Worship: Impossible Collection
Brand: Assouline
SKU: Mosque The 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses Of Worship
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Book Mosque The 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses Of Worship: Impossible Collection by Assouline

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Places of worship have served as a benchmark for the heights of human achievement since time immemorial: the nobler the sacred shrine, the nobler the society. Over the centuries, civilizations considered their own worth in the face of the splendor of local religious structure and built to exacting standards and on previously unimaginable scales, and empires asserted their dominion over lands and people through sacred structures erected.

This is particularly true in the case of Islam, a religion whose structures proliferated throughout the known world of the “Islamic Golden Age,” which coincided with the “Dark Ages” of the West. The birth of geometry and the invention of the double dome are just two inventions that contributed to the architectural splendor of the mosque. However, the mosque is much more than just a place of worship. It plays a complex role as an institution where religious education is often provided and as a social center where marriages and community meetings can take place. Wherever the mosque is built, it strives to integrate into the sociological and urban landscape. It also plays the role of informing the architecture of the surrounding city and influencing its residents.

Although all mosques arise from a common tradition of reverence, different sects, regions and practices have led to many innovations and novel architectural forms. The mosques are the latest addition to the 'ultimate collection' and constitute a journey across centuries and continents that brings readers to the threshold of 100 of the most historically significant buildings that house the faithful of the growing religion the fastest and second largest. in the world.

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In English language
L 39 x W 48 x D 7 cm
Handcrafted in a luxury fabric flip case
ISBN: 9781614286967
8.8kg

Author

Bernard O'Kane is professor of Islamic art and architecture at the American University in Cairo, where he has taught since 1980. He has also been a visiting professor at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Timurid Architecture in Khurasan (1987), Studies in Perse Art and Architecture (1995), Early Persian Painting: Kalila and Dimna Manuscripts of the Late XIVth Century (2003), The World of Islamic Art (2007), The Appearance of Persian on Islamic Art (2009), The Illustrated Guide to the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo (2012) and The Mosques of Egypt (2016).

Craftsmanship

Assouline's ultimate collection is a tribute to the art of luxury bookmaking. Hand-bound using traditional techniques, with hand-stamped color plates on artist-quality paper, each page of this limited edition series bears the unique imprint of the artisan. Covering a range of subjects from jewelry and fashion, to fine art and “impossible collections,” the ultimate collection curates culture from around the world and across the ages. Nestled in linen clamshell boxes, these books attract collectors, lovers of the printed page, and those who devour the culture of our time. Signifying a new level of sophistication for true connoisseurs, these unique books are works of art in their own right.

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