Title & Author:

The Mosque : history, architectural development & regional diversity / edited by Martin Frishman and Hasan-Uddin Khan ; texts by Mohammad Al-Asad [and others].

Publication:

London : Thames and Hudson, 1994.

Description:

288 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-282) and index.
Islam and the form of the mosque / Martin Frishman -- The role of calligraphy / Wheeler M. Thackston -- Applications of geometry / Mohammad Al-Asad -- Introduction : regionalism / Ismail Serageldin -- The central Arab lands / Dogan Kuban -- Spain and north Africa / Antonio Ferna̲ndez-Puertas -- Iran and central Asia / Bernard O'Kane -- Anatolia and the Ottoman legacy / Gu̲lru Necipoglu -- The Indian subcontinent / Perween Hasan -- Sub-Saharan West Africa / Labelle Prussin -- East Africa / Mark Horton -- China / Luo Xiaowei -- South-East Asia / Hugh O'Neill
The mosque in Islamic society today / Oleg Grabar -- An overview of contemporary mosques / Hasan-Uddin Khan -- The metamorphosis of the sacred / Mohammed Arkoun.

ISBN:

0500341338
9780500341339

Subject:

Mosques History.
Mosques Designs and plans.
Islamic architecture Designs and plans.
Architecture islamique Dessins et plans.
Islamic architecture.
Mosques.
Moskeeën.

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings.
History.

Added entries:

Frishman, Martin.
Khan, Hasan-Uddin.
Mohammad, Al-Asad.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 108485
Call No.: ID:94-B3016
Status: Available