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Title Mamluk metalwork fittings in their artistic and architectural context
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1887/4954
Date 2006
Author(s) Mols, Luitgard Eva Maria
Abstract Promotores: R. Kruk, R. Hillenbrand - With Summary in Dutch - This study of Mamluk metalwork fittings presents a hitherto largely ignored body of Mamluk metalwork objects, i.e. metal-faced doors, doorknockers, window grilles, and window shutters, and aims to trace their stylistic and technical development throughout the Mamluk period. In order to establish the uniqueness of Mamluk metalwork fittings, their relationship to pre-Mamluk metalwork traditions and to contemporary designs in other media is analysed. Moreover, the visual relationship between these metalwork artefacts and their immediate architectural context is assessed. Furthermore, attention is directed towards the various metalworking centres such as Cairo, Damascus, and Aleppo and their activities. This study is completed by a catalogue, comprehensively illustrated, comprising a description of embellished metalwork fittings predominantly found in situ in the major cities of the Mamluk realm.
Subject(s) Islamic Art and Architecture; Mamluk; Metalwork; Egypt; Syria
Language en
Publisher Research School CNWS, School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Leiden University
Type of publication Doctoral thesis; Dissertatie
Format 971427 bytes; 29182 bytes; 214109823 bytes; application/pdf; application/pdf; application/pdf
Identifier Mols, L.E.M., 2006, Doctoral Thesis, Leiden University
Repository Leiden - University of Leiden
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