Published by Guggenheim Museum, 2005
ISBN 10: 0892073020 ISBN 13: 9780892073023
Seller: Yes Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. The Buhl Collection(Photographs) (illustrator). 1st Edition. A new copy still in the original shrink wrap.
Published by New Page Books, New Jersey, 2014
ISBN 10: 1601633246 ISBN 13: 9781601633248
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Photographs & map (illustrator). First Edition. Clean copy with no damage, This book delves into the ancient mysteries of whether there are 10,000-year-old secret societies that still exist, whether ancient Egypt and ancient China had heretofore undiscovered ties  and more Size: Trade Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographs & map. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: New Age & Alternative; Cosmology; Ancient Civilizations; Ancient (BC); ISBN: 1601633246. ISBN/EAN: 9781601633248. Inventory No: 0269094.
Published by Kehrer Verlag, 2015
ISBN 10: 3868285377 ISBN 13: 9783868285376
Seller: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.
Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.
Published by Oslo : Novus Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 8270993409 ISBN 13: 9788270993406
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: NEW. 165 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm. Contents: warehouses and factories -- IV -- Converted schools -- V -- Converted houses -- VI -- Mosque built for that purpose -- List of illustrations -- Line drawings -- Bibliography -- Index. 'The present book is about the creation of Muslim spaces in the non-Islamic environment of Norway, particularly in the capital, Oslo. The type of space it focusses upon is built, enclosed and public. It is also a gendered space where men and women, although being part of the same entity and sharing the same faith, stand apart. The novelty of this study is that, rather than following the chronological and regional developments of Islamic visual arts and architecture, it concentrates on recent times, more precisely on the last thirty years. Instead of analyzing masterpieces, it presents common anonymous buildings and religious commodities and discusses how the -spirit? of Islam is reproduced visually with the know-how, means and materials available in Norway, i.e. how form, content and function sanctify a place. Thus, this study is synchronic and it examines a contemporary material culture from a present-day perspective. It discusses an ongoing process and treats questions related to material culture and the conceptualization of an ideal Islamic architecture caught between tradition and innovation. One of its concerns is to explore the relationship between material culture and the contexts in which they take form, the ways by which the character of religious communities can be disclosed by a few physical details. The analysis of the mosque revolves around three fundamental Islamic concepts. These are tawhid (unity), the 'umma (the community of believers), and the qibla (orientation).Saphinaz-Amal Naguib, dr.philos., is professor of Culture History at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Arts. Her main fields of research are Ancient Egyptian religion, Coptic and Copto-Arabic hagiographies, Islamic art and cultural heritage and museology. Among her major works are Le clergé féminin d'Amon thébain à la 21e dynastie (1990), Miroirs du passé (1993) and The The Era of Martyrs: Texts and Contexts of Religious Memory (1997).'.