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Islamesque: The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe's Medieval Monuments
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General European HistoryGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryArchitecture History
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ISBN13: 9781805260974
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: Jan 7 2025
Pages: 480
Weight: 2.03
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.52 Depth: 9.51
Language: English
This groundbreaking book explores the evidence embedded in medieval monasteries, churches and castles, from Mont Saint-Michel and the Leaning Tower of Pisa to Durham Cathedral and the Basilica of Santiago de Compostela. Tracing the origins of key design innovations from this pre-Gothic period--acknowledged as the essential foundation of all future European construction styles--Diana Darke sheds startling new light on the masons, carpenters and sculptors behind these masterpieces.
At a time when Christendom lacked such expertise, Muslim craftsmen had advanced understanding of geometry and complex ornamentation. They dominated high-end construction in Islamic Spain, Sicily and North Africa, spreading knowledge and techniques across Western Europe. Challenging Euro-centric assumptions, Darke uncovers the profound influence of the Islamic world in Christian Europe, and argues that Romanesque architecture, a nineteenth-century art historians fiction, should be recognized for what it truly is: Islamesque.
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