
Moorish Style
Miles Danby(Author)
Phaidon Press Ltd
Published on 16. September 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-7148-3861-8 (ISBN)
Description
During the nineteenth century a fascination with the Orient spread across Europe. The landscapes, townscapes and costumes of the Ottoman, Arab and Mogul worlds provided inspiration for painters from Delacroix to Matisse. When expressed in architecture and design, this phenomenon became known as the Moorish Style.
In this magnificently illustrated survey, Miles Danby examines the roots of the style in art and architecture throughout the Islamic world, discussing the factors of space, pattern, structure and decoration. Of all the buildings that exemplify this mode, the Alhambra in Granada is perhaps the most important. Expertly recorded by the great nineteenth-century designer Owen Jones, its features became part of the exotic dreams of aesthetes and continued to inspire Western architects during the twentieth century.
This book, now available in paperback, is the first to examine this highly distinctive and influential style all the way from its earliest origins to its diverse contemporary manifestations.
In this magnificently illustrated survey, Miles Danby examines the roots of the style in art and architecture throughout the Islamic world, discussing the factors of space, pattern, structure and decoration. Of all the buildings that exemplify this mode, the Alhambra in Granada is perhaps the most important. Expertly recorded by the great nineteenth-century designer Owen Jones, its features became part of the exotic dreams of aesthetes and continued to inspire Western architects during the twentieth century.
This book, now available in paperback, is the first to examine this highly distinctive and influential style all the way from its earliest origins to its diverse contemporary manifestations.
Reviews / Votes
'Every spread is a delight.' (Los Angeles Times)'The presentation is outstanding ... with much material that is little known and a great wealth of evocative colour photographs.' (Archis)
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 290 mm
Width: 250 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7148-3861-8 (9780714838618)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Miles Danby, Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Newcastle University, is an architect and lecturer with a special interest in the buildings of developing countries.
Content
Roots and derivation of style; space elements; pattern making; materials and crafts; zenith of the style in the 19th-century; developments and variations in the 20th-century.