Damascus

Hidden Treasures of the Old City

Brigid Keenan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2008
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-500-01946-7 (ISBN)

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Damascus has enjoyed a long history of immense artistic achievement. Alongside some of Islams most magnificent architecture, the capital city of Syria can also boast a heritage of fairytale palaces and sumptuous private houses of comparable splendour. This title describes the history of Damascus, the houses, and their creators and occupants.

Damascus has enjoyed a long history of immense artistic achievement. Alongside some of Islam’s most magnificent architecture, the capital city of Syria can also boast a heritage of fairytale palaces and sumptuous private houses of comparable splendour. Brigid Keenan and Tim Beddow record these priceless architectural gems in this classic book, now available again in hardback after some years out of print. The text describes the history of Damascus and life in the city today, and then proceeds to describe the houses themselves, their creators and occupants. Superb photographs illustrate not only façades, courtyards, alleyways and fountains, but also beautiful interiors, with exquisite details in marble, stone, wood, paint and mother-of-pearl. Damascus is a breathtaking tribute to an amazing architectural heritage.

Brigid Keenan is a freelance journalist who lived in Damascus for over five years.

Sacred and secular; palaces and people.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.10.2008
Zusatzinfo	43 Illustrations, black and white; 171 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	230 x 290 mm
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-500-01946-0 / 0500019460
ISBN-13	978-0-500-01946-7 / 9780500019467
Zustand	Neuware