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Damascus : hidden treasures of the old city / Brigid Keenan ; photographs by Tim Beddow.

By: Keenan, Brigid, 1939-Contributor(s): Beddow, TimMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2000. Description: 224 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 30 cmISBN: 0500019460Subject(s): Architecture -- Syria -- Damascus | Architecture -- Syria -- Damascus -- Pictorial works | Islamic architecture -- Syria -- Damascus | Islamic architecture -- Syria -- Damascus -- Pictorial worksGenre/Form: Pictorial works | Illustrated worksDDC classification: 720/.95691/44 LOC classification: NA1489.7.D36 | K44 2000
Contents:
Part 1. Sacred and secular. Fountains ; Decorative tiles ; Mihrabs and niches -- pt. 2. Palaces and people. Courtyards ; Ceilings ; Wall paintings ; Coloured pastework ; Stonework ; Windows ; Doors.
Summary: Damascus, reputed to be the worldʹs oldest continually inhabited city, has enjoyed a history of immense grandeur, enormous political and mercantile power, and great cultural and artistic achievement. In addition to some of Islamʹs most magnificent architecture, such as the Umayyad Mosque, the city boasts a heritage of fairy-tale palaces and sumptuous private houses. Sadly, many of them are in urgent need of restoration. Brigid Keenan and Tim Beddow were given unprecedented access to the inner, "hidden" city, which has resulted in a book that is of immense importance to all concerned with the heritage of architecture in the Islamic world. The superb photographs include façades, courtyards, alleyways and fountains, and the breathtaking interiors that often lie behind the unassuming walls of the old town, with exquisite details in stone, wood, paint, marble, plaster, glass and mother-of-pearl. The whole, published with the generous support of Wafic Rida Said, forms a convincing and elegiac plea for the preservation of the heart of this historic ancient capital. -- Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-222) and index.

Part 1. Sacred and secular. Fountains ; Decorative tiles ; Mihrabs and niches -- pt. 2. Palaces and people. Courtyards ; Ceilings ; Wall paintings ; Coloured pastework ; Stonework ; Windows ; Doors.

Damascus, reputed to be the worldʹs oldest continually inhabited city, has enjoyed a history of immense grandeur, enormous political and mercantile power, and great cultural and artistic achievement. In addition to some of Islamʹs most magnificent architecture, such as the Umayyad Mosque, the city boasts a heritage of fairy-tale palaces and sumptuous private houses. Sadly, many of them are in urgent need of restoration. Brigid Keenan and Tim Beddow were given unprecedented access to the inner, "hidden" city, which has resulted in a book that is of immense importance to all concerned with the heritage of architecture in the Islamic world. The superb photographs include façades, courtyards, alleyways and fountains, and the breathtaking interiors that often lie behind the unassuming walls of the old town, with exquisite details in stone, wood, paint, marble, plaster, glass and mother-of-pearl. The whole, published with the generous support of Wafic Rida Said, forms a convincing and elegiac plea for the preservation of the heart of this historic ancient capital. -- Jacket.

Lib. copy is 1st paperback ed., 2001.