Main entry:

Gangler, Anette.

Title & Author:

Bukhara, the eastern dome of Islam : urban development, urban space, architecture and population / Anette Gangler, Heinz Gaube, Attilio Petruccioli.

Publication:

Stuttgart : Ed. Axel Menges, ©2004.

Description:

223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221) and index.
Morphology up to the 10th century -- Bukhara under the last Uzbek khans -- The rebirth of Bukhara in the 16th and 17th centuries -- The monuments of Bukhara -- Special buildings -- Typological reading of the major monuments -- A brief note on the language and techniques of construction -- Bukhara under Russian rule -- Soviet Bukhara -- Bukhara after socialism.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"Bukhara is one of the architectural miracles of the East. A Persian author of the Middle Ages called Bukhara the "Eastern Dome of Islam". This honorary title was given to the city on account of its prestige as one of the most famous centers of learning in the Islamic world. Many outstanding scholars, among them the great philosopher and medic Avicenna (Ibn Sina), came from Bukhara. Therefore it is not surprising that the name of the city itself is traditionally derived from the Indian Buddhist term "vihara" (place of learning)." "In this book a city planner, an architect and a historian trace the urban development of this outstanding city and analyse its architecture in urban and historical contexts from its origins in the pre-Islamic period to the situation today. The authors did extensive fieldwork in Bukhara and have published a number of books and many articles on Near Eastern and Persian architecture and urbanism."--Jacket.

ISBN:

3932565274 (cl.)
9783932565274 (cl.)

Subject:

Islamic architecture Uzbekistan Bukhoro.
Architecture Uzbekistan Bukhoro.
City planning Uzbekistan Bukhoro.
Architecture islamique Ouzbékistan Boukhara.
Architecture Ouzbékistan Boukhara.
Urbanisme Ouzbékistan Boukhara.
Architecture.
Buildings.
City planning.
Islamic architecture.
Islamitische bouwkunst.
Stedenbouw.
Stadsbevolking.
Islamisk arkitektur Uzbekistan Buchara.
Arkitektur Uzbekistan Buchara.
Stadsplanering (estetik) Uzbekistan Buchara.
Bukhoro (Uzbekistan) Buildings, structures, etc.
Boukhara (Ouzbékistan) Constructions.
Uzbekistan Bukhoro.
Buchara byggnader.

Added entries:

Gaube, Heinz.
Petruccioli, Attilio, 1945-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 239534
Call No.: BIB 169447
Status: Available