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Book Review
The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus: Art, Faith and Empire in Early Islam
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 814-815
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Reviewer:
Anthony, Sean W. (Anthony, Sean W.)
Subjects
buildings:
Umayyad Mosque, Damascus
subjects:
Islamic architecture / Mosques
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus: Art, Faith and Empire in Early Islam By Alain George. 264 pp. incl. 150 col. ills. (Gingko Library, London, 2021), £60. ISBN 978–1–909942–45–5 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. North side of the Great Mosque [Damascus, Syria], by Francis Bedford. 29th April 1862. Albumen print, 23.6 by 28.8 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2022).
Exhibition Review
Epic Iran
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 826-839
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Reviewer:
Babaie, Susan (Babaie, Susan)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Iran / Persia
styles:
Achaemenid / Parthian / Sassanian / Islamic / Safavid
subjects:
History / Ceramics / Metalwork / Manuscripts / Archaeology / Architectural history / Mosques / Paintings / Silverwork
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Epic Iran Victoria and Albert Museum, London 29th May–12th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Ladies around a samovar, by Isma’il Jalayir. c.1870s. Oil on canvas, 156.5 by 213 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Qaran unhorses Barman. Tabriz, Iran, c.1525–35. Ink, watercolour and gold on paper, 47 by 31.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Figurine of a man. 3200–2900 BC. Bronze, height 17.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Full-size painted copy of a section of the interior of the dome of the Mosque of Sheikh Lutfallah, Isfahan. 1877. Oil and pigments on canvas, 1024 by 216 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
Tomb and Temple Re-imagining the Sacred Buildings of Jerusalem
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 345-346
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Reviewer:
Milner, Lesley (Milner, Lesley)
Subjects
buildings:
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel / Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel
places:
Jerusalem
subjects:
Architectural history / Christianity / Islam / Mosques / Chapels / Crusades / Temples
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Tomb and Temple: Re-imagining the Sacred Buildings of Jerusalem Edited by Robin Griffith-Jones and Eric Fernie. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. The Temple Church, London, showing the rotunda (1162), looking north. (Photograph Christopher Wilson).
Article
Point counter-point: John Frederick Lewis and the Khan al-Khalili, Cairo
07/2014 | 1336 | 156
Pages: 454-459
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Author:
Llewellyn, Briony (Llewellyn, Briony)
Subjects
artists:
Lewis, John Frederick
dates:
1840-1849
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
places:
Cairo / Egypt
subjects:
British painting / Watercolours / Collections, Private / Collections, Public / Orientalism / Drawings / Topographical views / Architectural drawings
subjects:
Mosques
Illustrations
Attributed works:
41. Bab al-Badistan, Khan al-Khalili, Cairo (Bazaar at Cairo), by John Frederick Lewis (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Attributed works:
42. The seraff (money changer), a doubtful coin; a scene in a Cairo bazaar, by John Frederick Lewis (Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery)
Attributed works:
43. Café in the Sikkat al-Badistan, Khan al-Khalili, Cairo (Oriental bazaar), by John Frederick Lewis (Ford Collection, London)
Attributed works:
44. The door of a café in Cairo, by John Frederick Lewis (Royal Academy of Arts, London)
Attributed works:
45. The Bab Sikkat al-Qabwa, Khan al-Khalili, Cairo (The Bezestein Bazaar, Cairo) by John Frederick Lewis (Ford Collection, London)
Attributed works:
46. A Cairo bazaar: the dellál, by John Frederick Lewis (Shafik Gabr Collection)
Western art unattributed:
47. Plan of the Khan al-Khalili, Cairo (no.53: Bab al-Badistan; no.54: Bab Wikalat al-Ghuri (al Qutn); and no.56: Bab Sikkat al-Qabwa). (Courtesy of Nicholas Warner)
Book Review
Kalenderhane in Istanbul. The buildings, their history, architecture and decoration
06/2009 | 1275 | 151
Pages: 400
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
places:
Istanbul / Turkey
print:
Kalenderhane
subjects:
Turkish architecture / Excavations / Architectural history / Byzantine art / Iconography / Archaeology
subjects:
Mosques
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Kalenderhane in Istanbul. The buildings, their history, architecture and decoration | editor: Kuban, Y. Dogan , editor: Striker, Cecil L.
Book Review
Kalenderhane in Istanbul. The excavations. Final report on the archaeological exploration and restoration at the Kalenderhane Camii, 1966–78
06/2009 | 1275 | 151
Pages: 400
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
places:
Istanbul / Turkey
print:
Kalenderhane
subjects:
Archaeology / Turkish architecture / Excavations / Restoration (process) / Byzantine art / Mosques
subjects:
Architectural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Kalenderhane in Istanbul. The excavations. Final report on the archaeological exploration and restoration at the Kalenderhane Camii, 1966–78 | editor: Kuban, Y. Dogan , editor: Striker, Cecil L.
Book Review
The Art of Constantinople
10/1962 | 715 | 104
Pages: 439
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Reviewer:
Gough, Michael (Gough, Michael)
Subjects
places:
Turkey / Istanbul
subjects:
Byzantine art / Cities
subjects:
Islamic / Islam / Mosques
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Art of Constantinople | author: Beckwith, John
Book Review
The Waqfiyah of 'Ahmed Pasa
04/1942 | 469 | 80
Pages: 104
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Reviewer:
B., H. (B., H.)
Subjects
places:
Turkey
subjects:
Sources / Islamic / Architecture / Mosques
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Waqfiyah of 'Ahmed Pasa | author: Simsar, Muhammed Ahmed
Book Review
Les Mosquees de Fes et du nord du Maroc
10/1937 | 415 | 71
Pages: 193
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Reviewer:
Devonshire, R. L., Mrs (Devonshire, R. L., Mrs; Devonshire, Henriette Caroline)
Subjects
places:
Morocco
subjects:
Islamic architecture / Mosques
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Les Mosquees de Fes et du nord du Maroc | author: Maslow, Boris
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