MoorishStyle

PresentingimagesofthearchitectureanddecorativeartsoftheIslamicworld,particularlyMoorishSpain,thisvolumeshowshowitactedasaninspirationfordesignersandarchitectsinthe19th-and20th-centuriesinEuropeandAmerica.ItexplainsthedevelopmentandcharacteristicelementsofIslamicartandarchitecturethroughthebuildingsofmosques,themediumofcalligraphyandpatternandthroughthehandlingofmaterialsasdiverseasceramic,woodandstone.