Aga Khan Museum - <p>The exhibition, Architecture in Islamic Arts: Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum, is divided into five sections: (<strong>i</strong>) The Fortress and the City, which features architectural elements and depictions of fortified towns; (<strong>ii</strong>) Sacred Typographies, which explores the sites and monuments of Islamic pilgrimage through paintings and drawings; (<strong>iii</strong>) Religious and Funerary Architecture, which examines mosques and commemorative shrines; (<strong>iv</strong>) The Palace, which looks at the residences of royal families; and, (<strong>v</strong>) Gardens, Pavilions and Tents, which examines palace life when it is extended into nature.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The catalogue to the exhibition features a preface by His Highness the Aga Khan and essays by Sussan Babaie, Margaret Graves, Renata Holod, Nasser Rabbat, David Roxburgh, Kishwar Rizvi, and James Wescoat.</p>
Architecture in Islamic Arts: Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum
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catalog
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2011

The exhibition, Architecture in Islamic Arts: Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum, is divided into five sections: (i) The Fortress and the City, which features architectural elements and depictions of fortified towns; (ii) Sacred Typographies, which explores the sites and monuments of Islamic pilgrimage through paintings and drawings; (iii) Religious and Funerary Architecture, which examines mosques and commemorative shrines; (iv) The Palace, which looks at the residences of royal families; and, (v) Gardens, Pavilions and Tents, which examines palace life when it is extended into nature.

 

The catalogue to the exhibition features a preface by His Highness the Aga Khan and essays by Sussan Babaie, Margaret Graves, Renata Holod, Nasser Rabbat, David Roxburgh, Kishwar Rizvi, and James Wescoat.

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Graves, Margaret and Benoit Junod (eds). Architecture in Islamic Arts: Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum. Geneva: Aga Khan Trust for Culture, 2011.

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