Perspectives on Early Islamic Art in Jerusalem

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-30176-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 202 mm x 268 mm, Gewicht: 989 g

Reihe: Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World

Through its material remains, Perspectives on Early Islamic Art in Jerusalem analyzes several overlooked aspects of the earliest decades of Islamic presence in Jerusalem, during the seventh century CE. Focusing on the Haram al-Sharif, also known as the Temple Mount, Lawrence Nees provides the first sustained study of the Dome of the Chain, a remarkable eleven-sided building standing beside the slightly later Dome of the Rock, and the first study of the meaning of the columns and column capitals with figures of eagles in the Dome of the Rock. He also provides a new interpretation of the earliest mosque in Jerusalem, the Haram as a whole, with the sacred Rock at its center.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nees, Lawrence

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Literatur & Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam und Weltreligionen, Weltethos
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Dialog & Beziehungen zwischen Religionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Preface on Sources

List of Illustrations

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. The earliest mosque in Jerusalem

Chapter 3. The problem of “Arculf” and the earliest mosque in Jerusalem

Chapter 4. The Dome of the Chain

Chapter 5. Columns and eagle capitals in the Dome of the Rock

Chapter 6. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lawrence Nees, Ph.D. (1977), Harvard University, Professor of Art History at the University of Delaware, and former President of the International Center of Medieval Art, has published many studies of medieval and Islamic art, including Early Medieval Art (Oxford, 2002).