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Qusayr 'Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria - Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Garth Fowden
Qusayr 'Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria - Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Garth Fowden
From the stony desolation of Jordan's desert, it is but a step through a doorway into the bath house of the Qusayr 'Amra hunting lodge. Inside, multicolored frescoes depict scenes from courtly life and the hunt, along with musicians, dancing girls, and naked bathing women.
419 pages, 60 b/w photographs, 11 line illustrations, 2 maps
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | September 20, 2004 |
ISBN13 | 9780520236653 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 424 |
Dimensions | 237 × 160 × 38 mm · 810 g |