Architecture for the Dead : Cairo's Medieval Necropolis

Architecture for the Dead : Cairo's Medieval Necropolis
Author :
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
Total Pages : 316
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9774160746
ISBN-13 : 9789774160745
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Architecture for the Dead : Cairo's Medieval Necropolis by : Galila El Kadi

Download or read book Architecture for the Dead : Cairo's Medieval Necropolis written by Galila El Kadi and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great medieval necropolis of Cairo, comprising two main areas that together stretch twelve kilometers from north to south, constitutes a major feature of the city's urban landscape. With monumental and smaller-scale mausolea dating from all eras since early medieval times, and boasting some of the finest examples of Mamluk architecture not just in the city but in the region, the necropolis is an unparalleled--and until now largely undocumented--architectural treasure trove. In Architecture for the Dead, architect Galila El Kadi and photographer Alain Bonnamy have produced a comprehensive and visually stunning survey of all areas of the necropolis. Through detailed and painstaking research and remarkable photography, in text, maps, plans, and pictures, they describe and illustrate the astonishing variety of architectural styles in the necropolis: from Mamluk to neo-Mamluk via baroque and neo-pharaonic, from the grandest stone buildings with their decorative domes and minarets to the humblest--but elaborately decorated--wooden structures. The book also documents the modern settlement of the necropolis by families creating a space for the living in and among the tombs and architecture for the dead.


Architecture for the Dead : Cairo's Medieval Necropolis Related Books

Architecture for the Dead : Cairo's Medieval Necropolis
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Galila El Kadi
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The great medieval necropolis of Cairo, comprising two main areas that together stretch twelve kilometers from north to south, constitutes a major feature of th
The Routledge Handbook of Infrastructure Design
Language: en
Pages: 461
Authors: Joseph Heathcott
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-01-31 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Routledge Handbook of Infrastructure Design explores the multifaceted nature of infrastructure through the global lens of architectural history. Infrastruct
Households in Context
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Caitlín Eilís Barrett
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-01-15 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Households in Context shifts the focus from monumental temples, tombs, and elite material and visual culture to households and domestic life to provide a crucia
Routledge Handbook on Cairo
Language: en
Pages: 557
Authors: Nezar AlSayyad
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-12-30 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This Handbook simultaneously provides a single text that narrates the Cairo of yesterday and of today, and gives the reader a major reference to the best of Cai
What Photographs Do
Language: en
Pages: 357
Authors: Elizabeth Edwards
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-11-21 - Publisher: UCL Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

What are photographs ‘doing’ in museums? Why are some photographs valued and others not? Why are some photographic practices visible and not others? What va