03362cam a22004457i 4500 21885592 US-DLC 20251202135503.0 200824s2020 enkac b 001 0 eng d 2020418278 GBC0D1437 bnb 019908325 Uk 9781911723479 paperback 9781787383050 hardback 21885592 (OCoLC)1121124885 au eng YDX au lccopycat e------ a------ f------ Alfaisal Main Library NA950 .D37 2024 Darke, Diana. Stealing from the Saracens : how Islamic architecture shaped Europe / Diana Darke. How Islamic architecture shaped Europe 2024 London : Hurst & Company, 2024 viii, 474 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color portrait ; 22 cm text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-449) and index. Christopher 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. Europeans 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 -- Architecture Europe History. Architecture Islamic countries History. Print books. local 4 Online version: Darke, Diana. Stealing from the Saracens. London : Hurst & Company, 2020 9781787385108 (OCoLC)1225885461 lcc BOOKS 608088 608088 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2025-12-02 0 NA950 .D37 2024 AU00000000020965 2025-12-02 13:56:53 165.00 2025-12-02 BOOKS