Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity by Gharipour, Mohammad

Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781474411714)

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Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity by Gharipour, Mohammad

Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity

$230.00
Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity by Gharipour, Mohammad

Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity

$230.00
Format: Hardcover
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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 connection with urban elements and monuments.



Author: Mohammad Gharipour
ISBN-10: 1474411711
ISBN-13: 9781474411714
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2017
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.00lbs
Size: 11.80h x 9.90w x 0.90d
By Mohammad Gharipour
By Mohammad Gharipour
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Mohammad Gharipour is Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. He obtained his Master's in Architecture from the University of Tehran and a Ph.D. in Architecture and Landscape History from Georgia Institute of Technology. He has received several awards such as the Hamad Bin Khalifa Fellowship in Islamic Art, the Spiro Kostof Fellowship Award from the Society of Architectural Historians and the National Endowment in Humanities Faculty Award. His books include Persian Gardens and Pavilions: Reflections in Poetry, Arts and History and Bazaar in the Islamic City and Calligraphy and Architecture in the Muslim World (co-edited with Irvin Schick). He is the director and founding editor of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture.

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