The environment and ecology in Islamic art & culture:

The Islamic world finds itself increasingly at the epicenter of our escalating climate emergency, both as a locus of the petrochemical industry and as home to extraordinary landscapes in which the effects of environmental transformation are acutely felt. Yet, far from a solely twenty-first-century c...

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Körperschaft: Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture Doha (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Dalal, Radha (HerausgeberIn), Roberts, Sean (HerausgeberIn), Sokoly, Jochen (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Tagungsbericht Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven ; London Yale University Press 2023
[Doha] Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Art in Qatar
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Zusammenfassung:The Islamic world finds itself increasingly at the epicenter of our escalating climate emergency, both as a locus of the petrochemical industry and as home to extraordinary landscapes in which the effects of environmental transformation are acutely felt. Yet, far from a solely twenty-first-century concern, engagement with changing, and often extreme, natural conditions has long characterized Islamic art and architecture in the central Islamic lands and beyond into the Muslim diaspora. This new book brings together a diverse group of scholars and critics whose contributions address this profound ecological awareness through the dual lenses of Islamic culture and climate change. Their case studies range from the Gulf, Iraq, Syria, the Indian Subcontinent, North Africa, and even outer space. Contributors examine the optimistic, sustainable, and innovative responses adopted by artists and builders in the face of often irreversible and escalating environmental destruction that necessitates such ingenuity. Breaking traditional disciplinary boundaries, this timely book brings together a diverse range of perspectives to bear on this increasingly urgent problem."--Publisher's website
Beschreibung:277 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780300267495