Essays about: "islamic architecture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words islamic architecture.

  1. 1. The roots of Arab Islam as a state identity; A numismatic approach to the emergence of Arab Islam as a public identity in the Near East during the rule of ‘Abd al-Malik (685-705 C.E.)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

    Author : Amer Sare; [2023]
    Keywords : Philosophy and Religion; Social Sciences; Arts and Architecture; History and Archaeology; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : The ideas and interests of how to move forward with the new religion and its new caliphate during the first century of Islam, were often varied and were in conflict. In the year 77 A.H (696-697 C.E. READ MORE

  3. 2. Garden of the Hesperides - Female Futures in Rural Morocco

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Sophia Tligui; [2021]
    Keywords : Architecture; maternal health care; female empowerment;

    Abstract : My thesis proposes a female community and maternal health care center, run by the local Kablas themselves, that is linked to the Tangier hospital in order to provide all necessary medical supplies and offer prosperous opportunities to the local commnunities traditional birth attendants and girls.Linked to this, my thesis proposes a maintained “garden of health”, where all local medicinal species of plants are grown and nurtured and the knowledge around their healing properties is shared, in order to conserve both knowledge and species around the local realm of ethnopharmacy regarding female health. READ MORE

  4. 3. Analyzing and Design of a Mosque in a Multicultural Society With Cultural Approach : Analyzing and Design of a Mosque in a Multicultural Society With Cultural Approach

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Mahya Javaheri; [2018]
    Keywords : Mosque ; Stockholm ; Culture ; Rapoport ;

    Abstract : This project attempted to detennine cultural factors in architecture and include these factors in architectural form and function. This work also aimed to determine the influence of certain contexts on architectural design specific to a certain region with a unique culture. READ MORE

  5. 4. Light as a Tool for Generating Identity : Lighting proposal for part of Islamic Cairo, Egypt

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Nelly Marzouk; [2017]
    Keywords : Lighting Design; Egypt;

    Abstract : Each city has a unique image and special things to offer to citizens and visitors. It is this unique image that differentiate between the different cities. The uniqueness of the image of the city is derived from the urban identity of the city and its public spaces. READ MORE

  6. 5. Fatal Aesthetics : A study on the theatrical representation of the public execution in the Islamic State's Palmyra execution video

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Loes Hoogkamer; [2016]
    Keywords : Aesthetics; Public executions; Islamic State; Palmyra; Spectatorship; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Since the rise of the Islamic State the world has seen a proliferation of public executions in which spectacle and theatricality have come to play an important role. Their propaganda has adopted an aesthetic style in which violence is openly displayed, celebrated and glorified. READ MORE