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Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity
Mohammad Gharipour
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Description for Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity
Hardback. This beautifully illustrated volume looks at the spaces created by and for Jews in areas under the political or religious control of Muslims. Covering regions as diverse as Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Spain, it asks how the architecture of synagogues responded to contextual issues and traditions. Editor(s): Gharipour, Mohammad. Num Pages: 448 pages, 200 colour illustrations, 3 black and white tables. BIC Classification: AMN; HRH; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 246. .
This beautifully illustrated volume looks at the spaces created by and for Jews in areas under the political or religious control of Muslims. Covering regions as diverse as Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Spain, it asks how the architecture of synagogues responded to contextual issues and traditions, and how these contexts influenced the design and evolution of synagogues. As well as revealing how synagogues reflect the culture of the Jewish minority at macro and micro scales, from the city to the interior, the book also considers patterns of the development of synagogues in urban contexts and in ... Read more
This beautifully illustrated volume looks at the spaces created by and for Jews in areas under the political or religious control of Muslims. Covering regions as diverse as Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Spain, it asks how the architecture of synagogues responded to contextual issues and traditions, and how these contexts influenced the design and evolution of synagogues. As well as revealing how synagogues reflect the culture of the Jewish minority at macro and micro scales, from the city to the interior, the book also considers patterns of the development of synagogues in urban contexts and in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474411714
SKU
V9781474411714
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About Mohammad Gharipour
Mohammad Gharipour is Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Reviews for Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity
The authors cover a remarkable geographic range and explain Sephardic Jewish architecture in its cultural contexts. Readers who think of Jews and their visual arts as primarily Ashkenazic will have much to learn from these essays, composed by Muslim, Christian and Jewish specialists in a spirit of inquiry and collaboration.
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