Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan in the Archibald Creswell photograph collection of the Biblioteca Berenson / Stefano Anastasio ; with contributions by Spyros Koulouris and Francesco Saliola.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Summary language: Arabic Publisher: Oxford : Archaeopress Archaeology, 2023Copyright date: �2023Description: 1 online resource (iii, 318 pages) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:- text
- still image
- computer
- online resource
- 9781803274560
- 1803274565
- Creswell, K. A. C. (Keppel Archibald Cameron), 1879-1974
- Berenson Library -- Photograph collections
- Creswell, K. A. C. (Keppel Archibald Cameron), 1879-1974
- Berenson Library
- Architectural photography -- Middle East
- Monuments -- Middle East -- Pictorial works
- Islamic architecture -- Middle East -- Pictorial works
- Middle East -- Pictorial works
- Architectural photography
- Islamic architecture
- Monuments
- Photograph collections
- Middle East
- 779.456092 23/eng/20230320
- TR659 .A57 2023
In English and summary in Arabic.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents Page -- A martyr for Islamic architectural history -- Introduction -- Creswell and the Berenson Collection -- Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan in Creswell's photographs -- The sites and the monuments -- Mesopotamia -- Syria -- Transjordan -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Register of photographers in Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan between the 1840s and th -- Appendix 2. Register of Creswell's photographs of the Biblioteca Berenson -- Appendix 3. Synopsis of Creswell's photographs in the different archives -- Appendix 4. Sites and monuments geolocation -- Bibliographic references -- Arabic.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-316).
Description based upon print version of record.
Keppel Archibald Cameron Creswell (1879-1974) developed an early interest in Islamic architecture, considering photography as an essential tool for recording architectural artefacts. This volume presents the photographs that concern Mesopotamia, Syria and Jordan, kept today at the Biblioteca Berenson in Florence.
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 050
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