Minaret by Jonathan M. Bloom read ebook DOC, EPUB
9780748637256 English 0748637257 A lavishly illustrated history of this iconic element of Islamic architecture. Tracing its origins and development, Bloom reveals that the Minaret, long understood to have been invented in the early years of Islam as the place from which the muezzin gives the call to prayer, was actuallyinvented some two centuries later to be a visible symbol of Islam. Drawing on buildings, archaeological reports, medieval histories, geographies and early Arabic poetry, Bloom reinterprets the origin, development and meanings of the minaret. From early Islam to the modern world, and from Iran, Egypt, Turkey and India to West and East Africa, the Yemen and Southeast Asia, this richly illustrated book is a sweeping tour of the minaret's position as the symbol of Islam., This is a lavishly illustrated history of this iconic element of Islamic architecture. The Minaret: the most striking and visible element of Islamic architecture. Tracing its origins and development, Bloom reveals that the Minaret, long understood to have been invented in the early years of Islam as the place from which the muezzin gives the call to prayer, was actually invented some two centuries later to be a visible symbol of Islam. New for this edition: broader focus: expanded to cover the Minaret in West and East Africa, the Yemen and Southeast Asia in addition to Iran, Egypt, Turkey and India; how do minarets stay up - even in earthquakes? New section on the engineering of minarets for scholars with a specialist interest in architecture; brings the discussion up-to-date: how are modern architects using the tower form?;, Tracing its origins and development, Bloom reveals that the Minaret, long understood to have been invented in the early years of Islam as the place from which the muezzin gives the call to prayer, was actually invented some two centuries later to be a visible symbol of Islam. From early Islam to the modern world, and from Iran, Egypt, Turkey and India to West and East Africa, the Yemen and Southeast Asia, this richly illustrated book is a sweeping tour of the minaret's position as the symbol of Islam.
9780748637256 English 0748637257 A lavishly illustrated history of this iconic element of Islamic architecture. Tracing its origins and development, Bloom reveals that the Minaret, long understood to have been invented in the early years of Islam as the place from which the muezzin gives the call to prayer, was actuallyinvented some two centuries later to be a visible symbol of Islam. Drawing on buildings, archaeological reports, medieval histories, geographies and early Arabic poetry, Bloom reinterprets the origin, development and meanings of the minaret. From early Islam to the modern world, and from Iran, Egypt, Turkey and India to West and East Africa, the Yemen and Southeast Asia, this richly illustrated book is a sweeping tour of the minaret's position as the symbol of Islam., This is a lavishly illustrated history of this iconic element of Islamic architecture. The Minaret: the most striking and visible element of Islamic architecture. Tracing its origins and development, Bloom reveals that the Minaret, long understood to have been invented in the early years of Islam as the place from which the muezzin gives the call to prayer, was actually invented some two centuries later to be a visible symbol of Islam. New for this edition: broader focus: expanded to cover the Minaret in West and East Africa, the Yemen and Southeast Asia in addition to Iran, Egypt, Turkey and India; how do minarets stay up - even in earthquakes? New section on the engineering of minarets for scholars with a specialist interest in architecture; brings the discussion up-to-date: how are modern architects using the tower form?;, Tracing its origins and development, Bloom reveals that the Minaret, long understood to have been invented in the early years of Islam as the place from which the muezzin gives the call to prayer, was actually invented some two centuries later to be a visible symbol of Islam. From early Islam to the modern world, and from Iran, Egypt, Turkey and India to West and East Africa, the Yemen and Southeast Asia, this richly illustrated book is a sweeping tour of the minaret's position as the symbol of Islam.