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One of the most important and authoritative books to celebrate mosque architecture and Islamic design, featuring many newly commissioned photographs. Mosques reflect some of the greatest architectural achievements - their spiritual purpose gives them a profound and often mystical beauty. This visually striking volume illustrates the development of basic mosque strucutral and decorative elements with over sixty examples. Venerated mosques such as the Great Mosque of Córdoba, the Imam Mosque of Isfahan, and Instanbul's Süleymaniye Mosque, as well as Doha's innovative Abu al-Qabib Mosque, are…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2017Rizzoli · 304 pages · 9780847860357
MosquesIslamic architectureIslamic art