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The Great Mosque of Damascus - Studies on the Makings of an Umayyad Visual Culture (Hardcover)
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The Great Mosque of Damascus - Studies on the Makings of an Umayyad Visual Culture (Hardcover)
Series: Islamic History and Civilization, 33
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The celebrated Great Mosque of Damascus was built in the early
eighth century by the Umayyad caliph al-Wal?d b. 'Abd al-Malik.
This book provides a detailed study of this Mosque. Using textual,
visual, and archaeological evidence, the author attempts to
reconstruct some of the basic formal and decorative features of the
Umayyad mosque, to locate it within its broader urban context, and
to consider its role within al-Wal?d's unprecedented programme of
architectural patronage. The work explores the intracultural and
intercultural functions of religious architecture within an
official visual discourse intended to project a distinctive Muslim
identity in a manner determined by Umayyad political aspirations.
It will be of particular interest to those concerned with the
relationship between the Umayyad caliphate and Byzantium.
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