Stealing from the Saracens

How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe

Diana Darke (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

474 Seiten

2020
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78738-305-0 (ISBN)

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Against a backdrop of Islamophobia, Europeans are increasingly airbrushing from history their cultural debt to the Muslim world. But this legacy lives on in some of Europe’s most recognisable buildings, from Notre-Dame Cathedral to the Houses of Parliament.This beautifully illustrated book reveals the Arab and Islamic roots of Europe’s architectural heritage. Diana Darke traces ideas and styles from vibrant Middle Eastern centres like Damascus, Baghdad and Cairo, via Muslim Spain, Venice and Sicily into Europe. She describes how medieval crusaders, pilgrims and merchants encountered Arab Muslim culture on their way to the Holy Land; and explores more recent artistic interaction between Ottoman and Western cultures, including Sir Christopher Wren’s inspirations in the ‘Saracen’ style of Gothic architecture.Recovering this long yet overlooked history of architectural ‘borrowing’, Stealing from the Saracens is a rich tale of cultural exchange, shedding new light on Europe’s greatest landmarks.
A New Statesman Book of the Year 2020, chosen by William Dalrymple.
A BBC History Magazine Best Book of 2020.

Diana Darke is an Arabist and cultural expert who has lived and worked in the Middle East for over thirty years. She is the author of The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival and My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis. She tweets as @dianadarke.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.08.2020
Zusatzinfo	colour; 142 Illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	1-78738-305-9 / 1787383059
ISBN-13	978-1-78738-305-0 / 9781787383050
Zustand	Neuware