The city of al-Qata’i’ was founded by Ahmad Ibn Tulun in 870 A.D., being the third capital of Islamic Egypt, after those of al-Fustat and al-Askar. Historical sources tell us that it had splendid buildings never seen before in Egypt, since the time of the Ptolemies.
In thinking about space/power/knowledge intersections, we offer a rich and descriptive account of the urban mosque, which has far too long been neglected. Our account reveals descriptive language as a basis for aesthetic syncretism and the creation of an American
The aim of this paper is to discuss the concept of order, space and form in the aesthetic language of two 16th century architects: Sinan Abd al-Mannan (d. 1588) and Andrea di Petro della Gondola aka Andrea Palladio (d. 1580). Sinan and Palladio were both engaged in a lasting search for an aesthetic language firmly grounded in order, space and form.
The meaning and interpretation of the inscriptions on a mosque in North America provide some insights into the concomitant qualities of belief, order, space, and form. Mosque inscriptions reveal the American
Arguably the false consciousness, which is reflected in much of architectural theory and praxis over the last two decades, was perhaps foretold in Raphael’s fresco The School of Athens. To situate The School of Athens, it is important to realize that architectural theory and praxis has been split between two extremes: mimeses and meaning, which in my view inherits from Pantheism and the Promethean myth.
This article clarifies what Hayden has termed “space as a cultural product.” The author discusses the Islamizing of public spaces in two urban
Aesthetic beauty, which we find in the sacred art and architecture of the synagogue, the church, and the mosque, demonstrates a genre of correspondence. Borrowing from John Ruskin's Seven Lamps of Architecture, I will refer to this genre of correspondences as the seven lamps (" lamps" meaning that which illuminates the mind or soul) of sacred architecture.
The mosque of Sinan Pasha was built in 979 (1571-72) at the port of Bulaq in Cairo.'It was the fifth major religious building erected by the Ottomans after conquering Egypt in 1517.