D Fairchild Ruggles

Gebundenes Buch

Tree of Pearls

The Extraordinary Architectural Patronage of the 13th-Century Egyptian Slave-Queen Shajar Al-Durr

Beschreibung

Tree of Pearls is a vivid exploration of the life of a singular woman who rose from slavery to become sultan of Egypt in the 13th century. Her achievements were the ending the Seventh Crusade, the inauguration of the Mamluk dynasty, and the building of innovative works of architecture that left an enduring mark on Cairo.

Autor

D. Fairchild Ruggles is Professor and Debra L. Mitchell Chair in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she also holds appointments in Art History, Architecture, Medieval Studies, Spanish and Portuguese, and Gender and Women's Studies. She is the author and presenter of short films on Islamic art for the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf, and she is current art and architecture field editor for The Encyclopaedia of Islam.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780190873202
• ISBN-10: 0190873205
• Artikelnr.: 59542132