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Author:

Anderson, Glaire D.

Title:

The Islamic villa in early medieval Iberia : architecture and court culture in Umayyad C©đrdoba / Glaire D. Anderson.

Publisher:

Ashgate,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xiv, 225 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic--C©đrdoba.--C©đrdoba.
Architecture, Umayyad--C©đrdoba.--C©đrdoba.
Suburban homes--C©đrdoba.--C©đrdoba.
Architecture and society--C©đrdoba--C©đrdoba--History--To 1500.
C©đrdoba (Spain)--Civilization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-220) and index.

Contents:

Social dimensions of patronage -- Architecture and ornament -- Gardens -- The landscape of sovereignty.

Summary:

Case study of C©đrdoban aristocratic estates during the Umayyad dynastic period (756-1031), synthesizing archaeological evidence unearthed from the 1980s up to 2009 with extant works of Andalusi art and architecture as well as evidence from medieval Arabic texts; incorporating material and insights from the fields of agricultural, economic, social and political history; and offering a fuller picture of secular architecture and social history in the caliphal lands and the Mediterranean.

ISBN:

1409449432 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781409449430 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)862052884

LCCN:

2012040646

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)