Minaret: Symbol of Islam

by Jonathan M. Bloom

Using buildings, archaeological reports, medieval histories, geographies and early Arabic poetry, this book reinterprets the origin, development and meanings of the minaret. explaining how the tower became identified with Islam. Bloom shows how the introduction of the tower into the mosque marked a major shift in the iconography of architecture and how the tower, once a sign of political and royal power, became associated with religious architecture...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197280137
• ISBN13: 9780197280133
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.6" x 10.1"