Fabled cities of Central Asia : Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva

著者

• Gippenreĭter, Vadim Evgenʹevich
• Magowan, Robin

書誌事項

Fabled cities of Central Asia : Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva

photographs by Vadim E. Gippenreiter ; text by Robin Magowan

Cassell, 1990

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva have been known as among the most beautiful cities in the world, for being the centre, perhaps the source of Persian-Arabic civilisation. Only recently have they become accessible to western travellers. Robin Magowan gives a highly descriptive account, the first detailed portrait for many years of what life in these cities is like. Illustrated in colour by Soviet photographer Vladimir Gippenreiter - "Fabled Cities" is an evocation of the splendour and the savagery of the Central Asian tradition. Samarkand, the Rome of central Asia, is a monument to the genius of Timur (Tamerlane). Bukhara developed as a centre of pilgrimage and religious learning to become one of the great holy cities of Islam. This combination of violence and aesthetic refinement is epitomized in Khiva, which saw the last great flowering of Islamic culture in the 19th century. Beautifully designed and produced, "Fabled Cities" is the gift for armchair travellers.

目次

• Part 1 Samakard: Timur
• the Shah-e-Zindeh
• the Bibi Khanum Mosk
• the Gur Emir Mausoleum
• the Registan
• daily life
• looking for a wedding. Part 2 Bukhara: the Saminid Mausoleum
• the Tower of death
• the Royal dungeons
• the Bala Hauz Mosque
• the summer palace
• the Liabi Hauz
• religion
• the Bazaar
• the Hamman
• Tass. Part 3 Khiva: the slave trade
• workmanship
• the Pahlavan Mahmoud Mausoleum
• the Tash Hauli
• the Kalta Minar.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB0210143X
• ISBN:
  • 0304318868
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: 191 p.
• 大きさ: 26 cm
• 分類:
  • DC20 : 915.8704854