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‘Islamic architecture’ and the profession [PDF]
The term ‘Islamic architecture’ often evokes domed and sumptuously decorated monuments, preferably with minarets and lots of arches. Reductive and exotic, these images are nonetheless quite popular both in the West and in the Islamic world.
Rabbat, Nasser
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Architecture in the Islamic Civilization: Muslim Building or Islamic Architecture [PDF]
The main problem of the theory in the arena of islamic architecture is affected by some of its Westernthoughts, and stereotyping the islamic architecture according to Western thoughts; this leads to the breakdownof the foundations in the islamic ...
Yassin, A. A. (Ayat) +1 more
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ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE AND THE PROSPECT OF ITS REVIVAL TODAY [PDF]
This paper discusses the meaning of Islamic architecture and some of its salient characteristics. The discussion is divided into the following sections: (1) The meaning of Islamic architecture; (2) Islamic architecture as a means, not an end; (3) Two ...
Dr. Spahic Omer
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Aesthetics of architectural openings in Islamic architecture
For architectural openings In Islamic architecture aesthetic values its advantage from the rest of architecture forms , As the Muslim designer created its composition and dazzled the whole world, This dazzling attribute is associated with Islamic arts ...
Aya Gamal +2 more
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The arch, an essential architectural element since the early civilizations, permitted the construction of lighter walls and vaults, often covering a large span.
Mohammed Mahbubur Rahman
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The Spaciousness of architecture in Islamic religion [PDF]
Islamic architecture encompasses a wide range of both secular and religious styles from the early history of Islam to the present day for today it is known as Islamic architecture was influenced by Roman, Byzantine, Persian and all other lands which the ...
Yasmin Nabil Abbas Tawfic +2 more
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THE INFLUENCE OF SPOLIA ON ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE [PDF]
Since the beginning of its long history, egypt has continuously experienced and practised despoliation and looting of monuments, of its past from antiquity through the 19th century, and it is clearly visible that many Islamic monuments have been built with materials removed from ancient buildings.
M. Ali, S. Magdi
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Continuity and Rupture in Islamic Architecture
This essay addresses the epistemic assumptions undergirding the constitution of Islamic architecture as a scholarly field of study. Critiquing the binary of rupture versus continuity and discovery as knowledge-controlling tools, the essay calls for ...
Rabbat, Nasser O., Nasser Rabbat
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Tawhid and its Implications for Islamic Architecture
This paper discusses the Islamic notion of tawhid (the Oneness of Allah) and its implications for Islamic architecture. The paper is divided into two major parts.
Omer, Spahic
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SENI ISLAM DALAM PERSPEKTIF AL FARUQI: Sebuah Komparasi
The perspective of Islamic arts proposed by Ismail Raji al Faruqi in his book Islamic Culture Atlas can be considered as a very comprehensive perspective of esthetics and arts based on Islamic worldview.
Yulia Eka Putrie
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