Minaret: Symbol of Islam
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Using buildings, archaeological reports, medieval histories, geographies and early Arabic poetry, this book reinterprets the origin, development and meanings of the minaret. explaining how the tower became identified with Islam. Bloom shows how the introduction of the tower into the mosque marked a major shift in the iconography of architecture and how the tower, once a sign of political and royal power, became associated with religious architecture...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0197280137
ISBN13:9780197280133
Release Date:August 1990
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:216 Pages
Weight:1.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 7.6" x 10.1"
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