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By (author) O’Kane Bernard Short description/annotation:This lavishly illustrated volume with many images previously unpublished in colour collects 18 articles by Bernard O”Kane on a wide variety of topics in Arab architecture. The essays range from from Morocco to India, and from the earliest periods of Islam to the present day.Description:The volume, lavishly illustrated with many images previously unpublished in colour, presents articles by Bernard O”Kane on a wide variety of architectural topics. These range from Morocco to India, and from the earliest periods of Islam to the present day. There is a concentration on monuments in Egypt and Syria, from analysis of borrowings between domestic and religious architecture to studies of individual buildings. Mutual influences between Iran and Egypt are also addressed.Description:The volume, lavishly illustrated with many images previously unpublished in colour, presents articles by Bernard O”Kane on a wide variety of architectural topics. These range from Morocco to India, and from the earliest periods of Islam to the present day. There is a concentration on monuments in Egypt and Syria, from analysis of borrowings between domestic and religious architecture to studies of individual buildings. Mutual influences between Iran and Egypt are also addressed.Biographical note:Bernard O”Kane, Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, American University in Cairo.