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Informationen zum Autor Nasser Rabbat is the Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Architecture at MIT and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture. He was educated at the University of Damascus, UCLA and MIT. His previous books include 'The Citadel of Cairo: A New Interpretation of Royal Mamluk Architecture' and, in Arabic, 'The Culture of Building and Building Culture'. Klappentext The most enduring testament to the Mamluk Sultanate is its architecture. Not only do Mamluk buildings embody one of the most outstanding medieval architectural traditions, Mamluk architecture is actually a key to the social history of the period. Analysing Mamluk constructions as a form of communication and documentation as well as a cultural index, "Mamluk History Through Architecture" shows how the buildings mirror the complex - and historically unique - military, political, social and financial structures of Mamluk society. With this original and authoritative study, Nasser Rabbat offers an innovative approach to the history of the Mamluks - through readings of the spectacular architecture of the period. Drawing on examples from throughout both Egypt and Syria, from the Citadel and Al-Azhar Mosque of Cairo to the Mausoleum of al-Zahir Baybars in Damascus, Rabbat demonstrates how Mamluk architecture served to reinforce visually the spirit of the counter-Crusade, when the Muslim world rebounded from the setbacks of the First Crusade. Both holistically and in case studies, Rabbat demonstrates how history is inscribed into and reflected by a culture's artefacts. This is a groundbreaking work in the study of architecture and social history in the Middle East and beyond. Vorwort Analysing Mamluk constructions as a form of communication and documentation as well as a cultural index, this book shows how the buildings mirror the complex - and historically unique - military, political, social and financial structures of Mamluk society. It offers an innovative approach to the history of the Mamluks. Zusammenfassung Analysing Mamluk constructions as a form of communication and documentation as well as a cultural index, this book shows how the buildings mirror the complex - and historically unique - military, political, social and financial structures of Mamluk society. It offers an innovative approach to the history of the Mamluks. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPart A- Critiquing Mamluk SourcesChapter 1. The Changing Concept of Mamluk in the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt and Syria Chapter 2. Representing the Mamluks in Mamluk Historical WritingChapter 3. Perception of Architecture in Mamluk SourcesChapter 4. Architects and Artists in Mamluk Society: The Perspective of the SourcesPart B- Architecture as HistoryChapter 5. The Mosaics of the Qubba al-Zahiriyya in Damascus: A Classical Syrian Medium Acquires a Mamluk SignatureChapter 6. The Militarisation of Taste in Medieval Bilad al-Sham Chapter 7. Al-Azhar Mosque: An Architectural Chronicle of Cairo's HistoryPart C- Architecture and LanguageChapter 8. Documenting Buildings in the Waqf SystemChapter 9. The Iwans of the Madrasa of Sultan HasanChapter 10. Qasr: An agent of Monumentality in Mamluk Architecture Chapter 11. Mamluk Throne Halls: Qubba or IwanPart D- Architecture as Cultural IndexChapter 12. Writing the History of Islamic Architecture in CairoChapter 13. The Ideological Significance of the Dar al-‘Adl in the Medieval Islamic OrientChapter 14. ‘Ajib and Gharib: Artistic Perception in Medieval Arabic SourcesChapter 15. The Formation of the Neo-Mamluk Style in Modern Egypt...
