After amnesia :
learning from the Islamic mediterranean fabric /
Attilio Petruccioli.

Description

Main Author

Petruccioli, Attilio, 1945-

Language(s)

English

Published

[Bari : ICAR., 1997]

Subjects

Islamic architecture > Islamic architecture / Mediterranean Region > Islamic architecture / Mediterranean Region / History > Islamic architecture / Mediterranean Region / History / Designs and plans.
Islamic cities and towns > Islamic cities and towns / Mediterranean Region > Islamic cities and towns / Mediterranean Region / History > Islamic cities and towns / Mediterranean Region / History / Designs and plans.

Summary

The book is constituted in four chapters, each of which addresses a specific aspect of the the physical realities of the Islamic city. The first chapter introduces issues that pertain to the dialectic relationship between buildings, cities, and civilizations and highlights the typological processes involved. The second chapter involves a typological analysis of the Islamic houses which formed the structure of many cities including Fez, Mostar, Aleppo, and Algiers--among others. Chapter 3 addresses the physical aspects of the building tissue in the Islamic city and the dialectic relations between the building tissue and the larger contextual fabric. In chapter 4, the city is analytically described as an urban organism; it also involves methods of interpretation while at the same time concluding with the fact that Islamic cities have unique character, especially in terms of its spontaneity and intentionality.

Physical Description

239 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

ISBN

9788895006031

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