03263cam a22004097i 450000100090000000300070000900500170001600800410003301000170007401500190009101600180011002000290012802000280015703500130018503500220019804000210022004200140024104300300025505000210028510000180030624500890032424600430041326000090045626400370046530000780050233600260058033600330060633700280063933800270066750400670069450505480076152013090130965000350261865000460265365500240269977601300272321885592US-DLC20251202135503.0200824s2020    enkac    b    001 0 eng d  a  2020418278  aGBC0D14372bnb7 a0199083252Uk  a9781911723479qpaperback  z9781787383050qhardback  a21885592  a(OCoLC)1121124885  aaubengcYDXeau  alccopycat  ae------aa------af------00aNA950b.D37 20241 aDarke, Diana.10aStealing from the Saracens :bhow Islamic architecture shaped Europe /cDiana Darke.30aHow Islamic architecture shaped Europe  c2024 1aLondon :bHurst & Company,c2024  aviii, 474 pages :billustrations (chiefly color), color portrait ;c22 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  astill imagebsti2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 443-449) and index.0 aChristopher Wren: the arch-synthesiser -- Gothic architecture: 'the Saracen style' -- The pre-Islamic inheritance: pagan and early Christian architecture in Syria -- The first Islamic empire: the Umayyads in Syria (661-750) -- Andalusia: the Umayyads in Spain (756-1492) -- The Abbasid and Fatimid caliphates (750-1258) -- Gateways to Europe (800-1400) -- The Seljuks, the Ottomans and Sinan (1075-1924) -- The revivals: Neo-Gothic, Neo-Saracenic, Neo-Moorish (1717-2026) -- Iconic buildings of Europe: a gallery of images with key influences.8 aEuropeans are in denial. Against a backdrop of Islamophobia, they are increasingly distancing themselves from their cultural debt to the Muslim world. But while the legacy of Islam and the Middle East is in danger of being airbrushed out of Western history, its traces can still be detected in some of Europe's most recognisable monuments, from Notre-Dame to St Paul's Cathedral.0In this comprehensively illustrated book, Diana Darke sets out to redress the balance, revealing the Arab and Islamic roots of Europe's architectural heritage. She tracks the transmission of key innovations from the great capitals of Islam's early empires, Damascus and Baghdad, via Muslim Spain and Sicily into Europe. Medieval crusaders, pilgrims and merchants from Europe later encountered Arab Muslim culture in journeys to the Holy Land. In more recent centuries, that same route through modern-day Turkey connected Ottoman culture with the West, leading Sir Christopher Wren himself to believe that Gothic architecture should more rightly be called 'the Saracen style', because of its Islamic origins.0Recovering this overlooked story within the West's long history of borrowing from the Islamic world, Darke sheds new light on Europe's buildings and offers rich insights into the possibilities of cultural exchange -- 0aArchitecturezEuropexHistory. 0aArchitecturezIslamic countriesxHistory. 0aPrint books.2local08iOnline version:aDarke, Diana.tStealing from the Saracens.dLondon : Hurst & Company, 2020z9781787385108w(OCoLC)1225885461