The philosophy of decoration in Islamic architecture

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The philosophy of decoration in Islamic architecture

This book discusses the philosophy of decoration in Islamic architecture. The book, however, is not written from a pure architecture perspective. The nature of its studies is a philosophical or conceptual rather than a empirical one. The book is divided into five chapters. The first two chapters, na...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Omer, Spahic
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, IIUM 2009
Subjects:	NA Architecture
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/14707/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/14707/1/The_Philosophy_of_Decoration_in_Islamic_Architecture.pdf

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