Jerusalem Architecture

Kroyanker, David; Kollek, Teddy (Introduction by)

ISBN 10: 0865651477 / ISBN 13: 9780865651470

Published by Vendome Press in association with the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, New York, 1994

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Cloth, 210 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 33 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Jerusalem has captivated the world for over 2000 years. This book surveys the revered city's architecture, from the earliest remnants of old Judea, Rome, and Byzantium, through the glories of Islam and the Crusader kingdom, to the pragmatically conceived neighbourhoods built outside Suleiman the Magnificent's 16th-century ramparts, in the years since World War I." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Three thousand years of history and urban development, by Ralph Mandel; The old city: urban structure and texture; Dense and introspective architecture The city from 100 BC through the Ottoman Empire: a study of remnants; The old city in modern times: preservation and reconstruction; Jewish, Arab, and European Christian building in the new city; Architecture with ethnic identity; Building a new Jerusalem: the British Mandate; The emergence of new architectural styles and technologies; Modern architecture, 1948-1993: from the International to the Neo-Oriental style. Size: Folio.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jerusalem Architecture
• Publisher: Vendome Press in association with the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, New York
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865651477
• ISBN 13: 9780865651470
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Collectible
• Seller catalogs:
  • Middle Eastern::Ancient Near Eastern
  • Architecture::Urbanism, Cities & City Planning
  • Middle Eastern::Israeli
  • XXXL: Jumbo
  • XXX::COLLECTIBLES

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Synopsis

For Christians and Muslims alike, Jerusalem is an architectural wonder. It is also a living, vital city whose accomplishments in m housing, public monuments, private dwellings, and urban planning rival those of the venerated past. This book is the first complete one-volume survey of architecture in Jerusalem, beginning with the vestigial remains of the First Temple Period, the Roman and Byzantine eras, the arrival of Islam, the Crusader Kingdom, the Mamluks, and the Ottomans. For Jerusalem, the modern age began in the mid-nineteenth century with the first vigorous surge of new building since the 1600s, when Suleiman the Magnificent had the city fortified with the splendid circuit of high crenelated walls that give Jerusalem its legendary fairy-tale look. Written by a leading Israeli preservationist and architectural historian, under the auspices of the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, this invaluable book comes fully illustrated, with a brilliant array of maps, drawings, and photographs, hundreds in color and most of them specially commissioned.