Islamic Architecture in Cairo: An Introduction (Muqarnas, Supplements, 3)

Behrens-Abouseif, Doris

ISBN 10: 9004096264 / ISBN 13: 9789004096264

Published by Brill, 1989

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Islamic Architecture in Cairo: An Introduction (Muqarnas, Supplements, 3)
• Publisher: Brill
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004096264
• ISBN 13: 9789004096264
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

Cairo has one of the highest concentrations of Islamic architectural treasures in the world. This introduction to the subject begins with an analysis of the Cairo's urban growth from the Islamic conquest in 641 through to the Ottoman Period and the reign of Muhammad Ali at the beginning of the 19th century. From that point, the reader is given a guided tour of the evolution of Cairo's Islamic architecture and an overview of its main styles through the investigation of monuments spanning 1200 years. The book also includes a descriptive catalogue of the major monuments from the early Islamic period through the Fatimid, Ayyubid, Bahri Mamluk, Circassian Mamluk and Ottoman periods.

About the Author

Doris Behrens-Abouseif is Nasser D Khalili Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology. Before joining SOAS in 2000, Professor Abouseif taught Islamic Art at the American University in Cairo and at the Universities of Freiburg and Munich in Germany. On two occasions, she was Visiting Professor at Harvard University at the Fine Art Department and the Graduate School of Design; she also was awarded a Bin-Ladin-fellowship to spend a semester at the Graduate School of Design.

She has also been invited as a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Berlin and Bamberg in Germany and the University of Leuven in Belgium, and was "Distinguished Visiting Professor" at the American University in Cairo.