Qusayr 'Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria Book

Qusayr 'Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria, From the stony desolation of Jordan's desert, it is but a step through a doorway into the bath house of the Qusayr 'Amra hunting lodge. Inside, multicolored frescoes depict scenes from courtly life and the hunt, along with musicians, dancing girls, an, Qusayr 'Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria

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Qusayr 'Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria
Written by author Garth Fowden
Published by University of California Press, September 2004
From the stony desolation of Jordan's desert, it is but a step through a doorway into the bath house of the Qusayr 'Amra hunting lodge. Inside, multicolored frescoes depict scenes from courtly life and the hunt, along with musicians, dancing girls, an
"Three features make this book remarkable. First, its scholarship is impeccable, unusually broad, and complete. Second, its author has a clear story to tell. Third, it illuminates the world of Late Antiquity, which is only now beginning to be understood."

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1 Musil's fairy-tale castle 1
8 June 1898 1
Shaykh Musa / Alois Musil 5
1900 to 1909 9
Publication and its problems 12
After musil 25
2 Luxuries of the bath 31
The buildings 31
A hunting lodge in the desert 46
Nudity 57
Entertainers and decorative women 64
Singers and poets 79
3 The hunt 85
The ode and its parts 85
The art of the hunt 89
Hunting with nets 102
Women at the hunt 106
4 "O God, bless the Amir" 115
Portrait of a prince ... 115
... In the image of Adam 127
5 The princely patron 142
The patron's identity 142
The building a mirror of the man? 163
6 Maintaining the dynasty 175
A family portrait 175
The succession to al-Walid II 183
Grace (?) and victory 191
7 The six kings 197
A royal delegation 197
Khusraw, Caesar, the Negus, Roderic ... 207
From the Dukkan to Damascus 214
8 A captive Sasanian princess 227
Portrait of a bathing beauty 227
Beauty contests and displays 235
Shah-i Afrid 240
9 Qusayr 'Amra contextualized 248
From inner coherences to contexts 248
Patrons, artisans, and artists 251
Mythological themes? 257
Arabic and Greek 265
Qusur 272
10 Umayyad self-representation 291
Constructing a cultural persona 291
Barbarians in the bath 311
Philosophers in the bath? 316

Title: Qusayr 'Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria

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Publication Date: September 2004

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Weight: 0.200 kg (0.44 lbs)

Width: 6.250 cm (2.46 inches)

Heigh : 9.250 cm (3.64 inches)

Depth: 1.250 cm (0.49 inches)

Date Added: August 25, 2020, Added By: Ross

Date Last Edited: August 25, 2020, Edited By: Ross

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1	Musil's fairy-tale castle	1
	8 June 1898	1
	Shaykh Musa / Alois Musil	5
	1900 to 1909	9
	Publication and its problems	12
	After musil	25
2	Luxuries of the bath	31
	The buildings	31
	A hunting lodge in the desert	46
	Nudity	57
	Entertainers and decorative women	64
	Singers and poets	79
3	The hunt	85
	The ode and its parts	85
	The art of the hunt	89
	Hunting with nets	102
	Women at the hunt	106
4	"O God, bless the Amir"	115
	Portrait of a prince ...	115
	... In the image of Adam	127
5	The princely patron	142
	The patron's identity	142
	The building a mirror of the man?	163
6	Maintaining the dynasty	175
	A family portrait	175
	The succession to al-Walid II	183
	Grace (?) and victory	191
7	The six kings	197
	A royal delegation	197
	Khusraw, Caesar, the Negus, Roderic ...	207
	From the Dukkan to Damascus	214
8	A captive Sasanian princess	227
	Portrait of a bathing beauty	227
	Beauty contests and displays	235
	Shah-i Afrid	240
9	Qusayr 'Amra contextualized	248
	From inner coherences to contexts	248
	Patrons, artisans, and artists	251
	Mythological themes?	257
	Arabic and Greek	265
	Qusur	272
10	Umayyad self-representation	291
	Constructing a cultural persona	291
	Barbarians in the bath	311
	Philosophers in the bath?	316