Egypt as viewed in the 19th century.= Misr fi adest al-qarn al-tasi' 'ashar.

IRCICA, 2001

50.76 €

Khalkedon Books, IOBA, ESA Bookshop

(Istanbul, Türkiye)

Ask for more info

Payment methods

PayPal
Credit card
Bank transfer
Find out how to use
your Carta del Docente
Find out how to use
your Carta della cultura giovani e del merito

Details

Year of publication

2001

ISBN

9789290631064

Place of printing

Istanbul

Author

Edited By Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Al-Amayim - Issa Al-Nawaw.

Pages

Publishers

IRCICA

Size

4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall

Keyword

ORT EGYPT ARABIAN ARCHITECTURE ARCHAEOLOGY ISLAMIC ART, PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE EGYPTE ARCHEOLOGY ARCHÉOLOGIE ARCHEOLOGIA, ARQUEOLOGÍA ARKEOLOGI MIDDLE EAST EASTERN CULTURE, Middle East, Photography, Archeology & Ancient history

Binding description

Dust jacket

Yes

Languages

English

Binding

Hardcover

Description

Fine Fine English Original cloth bdg. Dust wrapper. Oblong 4to. (22 x 31 cm). In English and Arabic. [xiii], 224 p., 10 b/w plts. This album displays the photographs of Egypt which were taken after the art of photography first emerged, in the 19th century. The original photographs are located at IRCICA photograph archives. They show several architectural monuments, which are located in important cities of Egypt and which were built in various periods. Among these monuments one can cite mosques, tombs, graveyards, sebils (public fountains), palaces, squares, houses, castles and city-walls, streets, pyramids as well as views of different cities. This album describes the historical and artistic characteristics of 140 architectural works. At the end of the book one can see a list of the photographers who took these photographs and a glossary of terms that appear in the album.